Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AVES
Family
ACCIPITRIDAE
Genus
Milvus
Species
migrans
Fauna
True
Mapping

Common name
Black Kite
Alternate name
Fork-tailed Kite
Historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Probably a rare vagrant.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Vagrant
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Rare vagrant in SE QLD. Prefers wooded lands, open country and urban areas
Known location
Carrara, Coombabah, Beenleigh
Other locality
Only one record from the Gold Coast, but probably a rare vagrant during inland drought.
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Open woodland, grassland, outback rubbish tips.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Habitat comment
An inland and tropical bird that sometimes appears in south east Queensland during inland droughts.
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Carrara (Ian Gynther), Coombabah (Wildnet), Beenleigh 1978 (Wildnet)
Citations