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Aron Tanti

A raptor widely distributed across much of the Old World, including Oceania (BirdLife International 2021). Migratory strategies vary from resident to migratory. European black kites overwinter in tropical Africa across the Sahelian belt up to S Africa. An increasing number of birds overwinter in S Europe [e.g. Morganti & Pulido 2012Literak et al. 2017).

Season of assessment

B

Population trendIncreasing
Population size
(min-max, best estimate)
372000-507000,433000
Red List categoryLC
Franks, S., Fiedler, W., Arizaga, J., Jiguet, F., Nikolov, B., van der Jeugd, Ambrosini, R, Aizpurua, O., Bairlein, F., Clark, J., Fattorini, N, Hammond, M., Higgins, D, Levering, H., Skellorn, W., Spina, F, Thorup, K. Walker, J., Woodward, I. and Baillie, S.R. (1) (2022) Online Atlas of the movements of European bird populations. https://migrationatlas.org EURING/CMS (1) Principal investigator
N records N individuals N recoveries
Mapped data*
Total available data
*Mapped data include only distant (>= 50 km) recoveries