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Look...Up in the Sky! It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's... Nope it's not Superman nor a plane. But it is certainly a bird! Not sure what kind it is, can you tell? Eagle? Falcon? Hawk? From our hotel we saw it soaring above the Victoria Harbour and around th...  

It's one of these guys :) ...  

Black Kites looking impressive :-) S

We spotted them when we first got into Hong Kong. I mentioned it to the staff at the Executive Lounge and one person thought it was an eagle. Can you tell what kind of bird it is? -MW

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Thanks for the answer I think you are right. I just googled 'Black Kite' and the tail resembles the silhouette of the bird in my pic. It said they like to catch thermals in the sky and glide around, just like in the vid. Curious on how you identified it! ... 

I googled large common birds of prey in HK, the top three list came up, googled images with Black Kite and these came up: and the wing shape, feather layout and design was the same therefore concluded has to be the Black Kite. HAGWE :-) S ...  

The pic with 'Victoria Peak' is the area where we spotted them! -MW

Hello Bobbe, At first we saw a group of 3 of these birds flying around. The rest of our time at Pacific Place this bird flew solo. Can you tell what kind of bird it is? ...  

There are only 522 kinds of birds in HK, according to Wikipedia of which 4 are falcons.

I google image them and they are cool looking birds. Found out that they are common in Hong Kong flying around preying on fish in Victoria Harbour. -MW

Here's a link below. Looks like the population of black kites in HK peaks in the winter. By the way, what phone did you use to shoot this? I'm really impressed with the quality of the photos and video. Birds are a frustratingly tiny subject, which is why ... 

Seems like the consensus is Black Kite, great detective work all! -MW