Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Elanus caeruleus

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Blouvalk, Blouvalk (Afrikaanse)
Arabic: الحدأة سوداء الكتف, حدأة سوداء الجناح (caeruleus)
Asturian: Elanu común (caeruleus)
Azerbaijani: Bozumtul çalağan (caeruleus yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Пепелява каничка (ssp. caeruleus), Пепелява каня
Catalan: Esparver d'espatlles negres, Esparver d'espatlles negres (caeruleus)
Czech: luněc šedý, luněc šedý (ssp. caeruleus)
Danish: Blå Glente, Blå Glente, Afrikansk (ssp. caeruleus)
German: Gleitaar (caeruleus), Gleitaar-caeruleus
Greek: Έλανος, Έλανος (caeruleus)
English: Black-shouldered kite, Black-shouldered Kite (African), Black-shouldered Kite (caeruleus), Black-shouldered Kite (nominal form), Black-shouldered Kite (nominate), Black-winged kite, Black-winged Kite (African), Palearctic Black-winged Kite
English, HBW: Black-winged Kite (African)
English (IOC): Black-winged Kite (African)
English (United States): Black-winged Kite (African)
English (South Africa): Black-shouldered Kite (African)
Spanish: Elanio Común, Elanio Común (caeruleus)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Elanio coliblanco
Spanish (Spain): Elanio común (caeruleus)
Spanish (Honduras): Milano hombros negros
Spanish (Mexico): Milano cola-blanca
Estonian: austraalia hõbehaugas
Basque: Elano urdina, Elano urdina (caeruleus)
Persian: کورکور بال ‌سیاه (caeruleus)
Finnish: liitohaukka, liitohaukka (caeruleus)
French: Élanion blac, Élanion blac (nominal), Elanion blanc, Élanion blanc, Élanion blanc (caeruleus), Élanion blanc (nominal), Élanion blanc (nominale), Élanion blanc (race nominale)
Galician: Lagarteiro cincento, Peneireiro cincento (caeruleus)
Hebrew: דאה שחורת-כתף, דאה שחורת-כתף (מערבית)
Armenian: Սևաթև ցին (caeruleus)
Indonesian: Elang Tikus
Icelandic: Völsungur, Völsungur (caeruleus)
Italian: Nibbio bianco, Nibbio bianco (caeruleus)
Japanese (romaji): katagurotobi, katagurotobi (caeruleus)
Japanese: カタグロトビ, カタグロトビ (caeruleus), カタグロトビ（caeruleus）
Kwangali: Tuyu
Scientific: Elanus caeruleus, Elanus caeruleus caeruleus, Falco caeruleus
Lithuanian: Mėlynasis peslys, Palšasis peslys (caeruleus)
Malayalam: വെള്ളി എറിയന്‍ 
Malay: Helang Tikus
Dutch: Grijze Wouw
Norwegian: Svartvingeglente, svartvingeglente (caeruleus)
Polish: kaniuk, kaniuk (caeruleus), kaniuk zwyczajny
Portuguese: Peneireiro-cinzento
Portuguese (Brazil): Gavião-peneira
Portuguese (Portugal): Peneireiro-cinzento (caeruleus)
Russian: Дымчатый коршун (caeruleus), Чернокрылый дымчатый коршун
Slovak: luniak sivý, luniak sivý (skup.)
Slovenian: lebduh, Sinji lebduh (caeruleus)
Shona: Rukodzi
Serbian: Bela lunja (caeruleus), siva lunja
Siswant: Lohheyane
Sotho, Southern: Phakoana-mafieloana
Swedish: Svartvingad glada, svartvingad glada (caeruleus)
Swahili: Mwewe-kipupwe
Thai: เหยี่ยวขาว , เหยี่ยวขาว (ตะวันตก)
Tswana: Phakalane
Turkish: Ak Çaylak, Ak çaylak (caeruleus)
Tsonga: Nwarikapanyana
Vietnamese: Diều trắng
Xhosa: Umdlampuku
Chinese: 黑翅鸢, 黑翅鸢 (caeruleus)