Brahminy kite
This specimen is from Sri Lanka and was collected by Miss GP Downall. Brahminy kites are more scavengers than hunters but will actively hunt for small animals including frogs, crabs, fish, insects and injured birds. They are found close to wetlands, mangroves and mudflats.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 106/1908/6
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Birds
- Collection Area Region
- South Asia
- Collector Excavator
- Downall, Miss G P (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- Brahminy kite
- Simple Name
- bird
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
