![Whistling Kite flying against clear blue sky showing brown underwing plumage and fanned tail. [9585]](aussiePlaces/birdsvilleQLD/fulls/birdsville/19-_F3A9585.jpg "Whistling Kite in Full Flight")
A Whistling Kite glides over the Channel Country, its underwing plumage glowing in the morning sun. These graceful raptors patrol the floodplains and waterholes, their slow, buoyant flight and plaintive whistle a familiar sound across inland Australia. [9585]