{"id":437219,"date":"2026-01-27T21:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/437219\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T21:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:15:08","slug":"rare-black-winged-kite-from-brussels-rescued-by-farmer-at-assin-breku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/437219\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare black-winged kite from Brussels rescued by farmer at Assin Breku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/NewsArchive\/Rare-black-winged-kite-from-Brussels-rescued-by-farmer-at-Assin-Breku-2019083?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/18552169.295.jpg\" alt=\"A black-winged kite from Brussels has been rescued by farmer at Assin Breku\" title=\"A black-winged kite from Brussels has been rescued by farmer at Assin Breku\" width=\"295\" height=\"138\" \/> <\/a>A black-winged kite from Brussels has been rescued by farmer at Assin Breku<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">A wounded black kite, believed to have migrated from Belgium, has been rescued by a farmer at Assin Breku in the Assin North District of the Central Region.<\/p>\n<p>According to multiple reports, the bird, suspected to have been shot while preying on local chickens, was identified through a metal ring linked to the Brussels Museum of Natural Sciences. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/NewsArchive\/82-year-old-adjudged-2025-Overall-Best-National-Farmer-2012386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">82-year-old adjudged 2025 Overall Best National Farmer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bird, suspected to have been shot while preying on domestic chickens, was discovered in a weak state by 32-year-old farmer Ebenezer Lativi. Officials confirmed the bird\u2019s origin after finding a metal ring on its leg,\u201d an X post by CDR Africa on January 27, 2026, stated.<\/p>\n<p>The metal ring found on the bird bore the inscription; \u201cMuseum Science, 1000 Brussel,\u201d along with a unique identification code, H220252, linking the bird to the Brussels Museum of Natural Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sylvester Amakye-Nyarko, the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Assin North, has instructed that the bird be properly cared for by local veterinary officers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/NewsArchive\/Family-of-38-year-old-farmer-demands-justice-after-alleged-death-in-immigratio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Family of 38-year-old farmer demands justice after alleged death in immigration custody<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The black-winged kite, also known as the black-shouldered kite, is predominantly found in open lands and semi-deserts across sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia, with some populations in southern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>See the post below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded A wounded black kite, believed to have migrated from Brussels, Belgium, was rescued by a farmer at Assin Breku in the Assin North District of the Central Region. <\/p>\n<p>The bird, found weak and suspected to have been shot while preying on domestic chickens, was identified\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JqR8ILQ6jN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JqR8ILQ6jN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CDR AFRICA (@cdrafrica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cdrafrica\/status\/2016081474957594767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>JKB\/AE<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Veep has chosen Haruna Iddrisu as her running mate&#8217; \u2013 Afenyo-Markin alleges:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A black-winged kite from Brussels has been rescued by farmer at Assin Breku A wounded black kite, believed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-437219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}