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| Milvus milvus |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Family: Accipitridae |
Order: Falconiformes |
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Red kite |
Milan royal |
Milano real |
Rotmilan |
| Migration: partial |
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intercontinental |
Mainly migratory in N and C Europe, although increasing tendency to winter in these areas, including S Sweden.
Populations in S of range and Wales sedentary with varying degree of dispersal of juveniles. The vast majority of
migrants winter in S France and especially Iberian Peninsula, passing over W Pyrenees, where 10,300 birds
recorded on autumn migration in 1989. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1994)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Europe, North Africa, North Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |