Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus) - HBW 2, p. 118
French: Milan royal
German: Rotmilan
Spanish: Milano Real
Taxonomy: Falco Milvus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Race fasciicauda may be distinct species; hybridizes with M. migrans. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) - S Sweden E to Ukraine and S through C Europe to W & C Mediterranean Basin; Wales; Caucasus; formerly Canary Is.
- fasciicauda Hartert, 1914 - Cape Verde Is.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A perched bird shaking its plumage, yawning, scratching its head, stretching, defecating and flying away Locality Los Corrales, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp milvus)
Jesús Laborda 25 January 2008 4 years ago 38 sec 4.4 -
A bird landing and feeding Locality Tornadizos, Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp milvus)
Tyto Alba reporter 20 November 2007 4 years ago 38 sec 4.2 -
Individuals in flight at a regular feeding station Locality Rhayader, Powys County, Wales, Great Britain (ssp milvus)
Greg Baker 16 March 2008 14 weeks ago 55 sec 4 -
Individuals perched in trees overlooking a feeding site Locality Rhayader, Powys County, Wales, Great Britain (ssp milvus)
Greg Baker 16 March 2008 14 weeks ago 1 min 4 -
A bird flying and looking for food. Locality Gadernheim, Hesse, Germany (ssp milvus)
Gerhard Schmidt 5 May 2011 1 year ago 3 min 38 sec 4 -
A perched bird preening Locality Los Corrales, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp milvus)
Jesús Laborda 25 January 2008 4 years ago 39 sec 4
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An adult in flight in the morning light.
Locality Catalonia, Spain
Franck Renard 10 February 2009 3 years ago 4.7 -
Flight Shot
Locality Sainte-Lucie, Mende, Lozère, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Bob Thompson 28 May 2010 1 year ago 4.6 -
In flight.
Locality Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire, England, Great Britain
satnavbirder 1 June 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
Diving for food.
Locality Gigrin Farm, Rhayader, Powys County, Wales, Great Britain
Richard Smart 13 October 2009 6 weeks ago 4.4 -
Red kite in low flight
Locality Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain
juan 30 October 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
Adult flying
Locality Beja, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo Region, Portugal (ssp milvus)
marianophotos 11 November 2011 23 weeks ago 4.4
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Calls of a couple of Red Kite flying near over a forest close to the treetops. Locality Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
(Monotypic species)
Reinhard Meissner 13 April 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3
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