A medium bird (about 55 cm) found in Africa, Madagascar, Eurasia and Australasia. In southern Africa it is a very common non breeding migrant from the Palaearctic regions. It is highly maneuverable and frequents roads for kills.

 

List of Stamps showing Black Kite
Country	SG	Michel	Year	Value
Alderney	0186		2002	27p
Alderney	0191 ms		2002	27p
China	3481	2105	1987	8f
China (Taiwan)	2516	2487	1998	$10
China (Taiwan)	2517	2488	1998	$10
Gibraltar	0381	0355	1977	6p
Hong Kong	0570	0538	1988	$1.70
Ivory Coast			2003	200f
Korea (North)	2453m	2521m	1984	80ch
Lesotho	1862		2001	70s
Lithuania			2000	2l
Maldives	1620b	2086	1994	40r
Mali			1999	460f
Mongolia	0581	0605	1970	1t30
Ryukyu Islands	0144	0138	1963	3c
Vietnam Republic	0480	1235	1982	50x
Yemen Peoples  Democratic Republic	0104	0118	1971	100f