there are many kites native to Australia
we have
black kite milvus migrans
whistling kite milvus sphenurus
brahminy kite milvus indus
letter winged kite Elanus scriptus
black shouldered Elanusnotatus
square tailed kite lophiictinia isura
black breastad buzzard hamirostra melanosternon
plus many goshawks falcons and harriiers