Resources

This are three places you can get information for Black eared Kites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Kite

http://www.thefalconrycentre.co.uk/artfocus.php?id=62

And this one is not that good but I think that it is still Ok.

http://www.wildeyeview.com/blog/?p=3134

This is information that I got from one of my resources.

Black eared kite

**__Origin:__** Very widespread: Africa (including Madagscar, except Sahara) Europe (most countries, except UK), Asia (except desert of western China and far north of Russia) and Australasia (including some Indonesian islands).


 * __Diet:__** Varies seasonally, regionally and individually. Readily eats carrion and scavenges at scraps and rubbish especially at landfill sites. Also takes live prey: small mammals, small birds and their young and insects, ocassionally: snakes, lizards, amphibians and fish.

 The Black Kite is still believed to be the most common raptor in the world. It has suffered in recent years, especially in Europe, parts of Asia and Mediterranean area, due to carcass poisoning, agricultural pesticides, water pollution and centuries of shooting. European and Asian Black Kites migrate south in the winter and large numbers are recorded at crossing points over the seas, especailly Gibralter, Arhavi (Turkey) and Eliat (Israel) The Red Kite has been reintroduced in England and Scotland following extinction due to persecution. The releases have been very succesful and they are now slowly spreading to many new areas.
 * __Habitat:__** Very varied, mostly in lowland and foothill areas, including wetlands, river edges, estuaries and coasts, villages, towns and regionally big cities, also cultivation, savannah and woodland. Not in dense forest or desert.