Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Milvus [migrans, aegyptius or lineatus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Milvus [lineatus x migrans] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Swartoorwou, Swartwou (lineatus/formosanus)
Arabic: حدأة سوداء (سعفاء)
Asturian: Milán prietu (lineatus/formosanus)
Azerbaijani: Qara çalağan (lineatus/formosanus yarımnövü)
Belarusian: Чарнавухі каршун
Bulgarian: Черна каня (ssp. lineatus/formosanus), Черноуха черна каня
Bengali: কারাকান চচর , কারা-কান চচর
Bengali (transliteration): kālākāna cila, kālā-kāna cila
Catalan: Milà negre (lineatus/formosanus)
Czech: luňák hnědý (ssp. lineatus/formosanus), Luňák sibiřský
Welsh: Barcud clustddu
Danish: Sort Glente, Sortøret (ssp. lineatus/formosanus), Sortøret Glente
German: Schwarzmilan (lineatus/formosanus), Schwarzmilan-lineatus, Schwarzohrmilan, Sibirischer Schwarzmilan
Greek: Σιβηρoτσίφτης, Τσίφτης (lineatus/formosanus)
English: Black eared Kite, Black kite, Black Kite (Black-eared), Blackeared Kite, Black-eared Kite, East Palearctic Black Kite
English, HBW: Black Kite (Black-eared)
English (IOC): Black Kite (Black-eared)
English (United States): Black Kite (Black-eared)
Esperanto: Nigraorela milvo, Nigrorela milvo
Spanish: Milan orejinegro, Milano Negro (lineatus/formosanus), Milano Negro (orejas negras Siberia-China), Milano Negro (orejas negras)
Spanish (Spain): Milano Negro (lineatus/formosanus), Milano negro (orejas negras Siberia-China), Milano negro (orejas negras)
Spanish (HBW): Milano negro (lineatus/formosanus)
Estonian: ida-harksaba
Basque: Miru beltza (lineatus/formosanus)
Persian: کورکور سیاه (lineatus/formosanus)
Finnish: haarahaukka (lineatus/formosanus), Idänhaarakaukka
French: Milan brun, Milan noir (lineatus), Milan noir [lineatus ou formosanus], Milan sibérien
Frisian: Swartearglee
Irish: Cúr cluadubh
Galician: Millafre de orellas negras, Miñato negro (lineatus/formosanus)
Hebrew: דיה שחורה (מזרחית), דיה שחורת אוזן
Croatian: Azijska lunja
Hungarian: Keleti barna kánya, Keleti barnakánya
Armenian: Սև ցին (lineatus/formosanus)
Icelandic: Vatnagleða (lineatus/formosanus)
Italian: Nibbio bruno, Nibbio guancenere, Nibbio mascherato
Japanese (romaji): tobi, tobi (lineatus/formosanus)
Japanese: トビ, トビ (lineatus/formosanus), トビ（lineatus／formosanus）
Mongolian, Halh: салаа сүүлт элээ
Korean: 솔개, 솔개 (lineatus/formosana)
Scientific: Haliaetus lineatus, Milvus lineatus, Milvus lineatus lineatus, Milvus migrans [lineatus Group], Milvus migrans lineatus, Milvus migrans lineatus/formosanus
Lithuanian: Juodasis peslys (lineatus/formosanus), Juodaskruostis peslys
Latvian: Svītrainā klīja
Mongolian: салаа сүүлт элээ
Dutch: Oostelijke Zwarte Wouw, Zwarte Wouw (lineatus/formosanus)
Norwegian: Asiasvartglente, svartglente (lineatus/formosanus)
Polish: kania syberyjska, kania syberyjska (M.m. lineatus/formosanus)
Portuguese: Milhafre-de-orelhas-pretas
Portuguese (Brazil): milhafre-preto (lineatus/formosanus)
Portuguese (Portugal): milhafre-preto (lineatus/formosanus), Milhafre-preto [grupo lineatus]
Rhaeto-Romance: Milan da l‘ureglia naira
Romanian: Gaie cu urechi negre
Russian: Черноухий коршун, Чёрный коршун (Черноухий)
Northern Sami: Ásiasuorrehávut
Slovak: haja ciernosluchá, haja čiernosluchá, haja čiernosluchá (skup.)
Slovenian: Črni škarnik (lineatus/formosanus), Progasti (črni) škarnik
Serbian: Crna lunja (lineatus/formosanus)
Swedish: brun glada (lineatus/formosanus), Svartörad glada
Thai: เหยี่ยวหูดำ
Turkish: Kara Çaylak (lineatus/formosanus), Karakulak çaylak
Tatar: кара колаклы тилгән
Tuvinian: кара кулактыг дээлдиген
Ukrainian: Шуліка (чорний) азійський
Vietnamese: Diều hâu lineatus
Chinese: 黑耳鸢, 黑鸢（东亚，黑耳鸢）
Chinese (Traditional): 黑鳶(黑耳)