- Hamirostra melanosternon
Identification
Black-breasted Buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon)
AKA Black-breasted Kite.
Range: Australia: widely distributed but generally rare. Occurs throughout Northern Terrirory and most of Western Australia except the south-west corner, in the interior of South Australia, most of Queensland and northern New South Wales. Commonest in the north of the country. Resident and nomadic. Vagrants recorded in Victoria and Tasmania.
Habitat: Open woodland, grassland with scattered trees, scrubland and riverine woodland. Photographed near Wyndham, northern WA, Australia.
