Black-eared Kite is the largest form of the Palearctic Kites, the wings of Black eared are broad and display six deeply splayed fingers, creating a broad, squarish wing tip.
The primarys of Black eared are longer than other forms and from the pictures they can be assessed, the fingers of the longest primaries, third and fourth are longer than the visible portions of the same feathers, also the sixth finger is longer than in Western black kite being two thirds to three quarters of the length of the fifth finger
Deeply splayed fingers pale vent and contrasting primary pattern Note the underwing pattern, white bases to the outer primaries, with pale and dark barring on the inner primaries as well as the long primary fingers, Black-eared Kites most striking feature is the broader and more obvious window in the bases of the four outer primaries.
The primarys of Black eared are longer than other forms and from the pictures they can be assessed, the fingers of the longest primaries, third and fourth are longer than the visible portions of the same feathers, also the sixth finger is longer than in Western black kite being two thirds to three quarters of the length of the fifth finger
Deeply splayed fingers pale vent and contrasting primary pattern Note the underwing pattern, white bases to the outer primaries, with pale and dark barring on the inner primaries as well as the long primary fingers, Black-eared Kites most striking feature is the broader and more obvious window in the bases of the four outer primaries.
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