This is a native species of Pakistan, China, Nepal, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam , Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Timor-Leste.

Haliastur Indus or the Brahminy Kites prefer all terrestrial, freshwater and marine habitats. This species has a tremendously vast range, and thus does not move toward the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size IUCN standard. Regardless of the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not supposed to be adequately rapid to approach the thresholds for IUCN Vulnerable under the population trend criterion.

The Brahminy Kite is unique and contrastingly decorated, with chestnut plumage apart from for the white head and breast and black wing ends. The young ones are browner, but can be illustrious from both the resident and migratory races of Black Kite in Asia by the duller appearance, smaller wings and curved tail. The pale piece on the under wing carpal region is of a rectangular in outline and alienated from Buteo buzzards. The two genera are however very close. The Haliastur indus Kite is about the similar size as the Black Kite (Milvus migrans) and has a classic kite flight, with wings slanting, but its tail is rounded different from the Milvus species, Red Kite and Black Kite, which have split tails.