..     RED KITE (milvus milvus).     ..

Image: John Gould

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Length: 60-66cm

Wingspan: 1.75-1.95m

Weight: 760g-1.6kg

 

 

 

 

Mewing and whistling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deciduous woodland with farmland and grassland nearby.

 

 

 

 

 

Widespread

Rarely numerous

EU25: Declining

IUCN:Near Threatened 

 

 

�Rob Brown

57x45mm

N.B. EGG COLLECTING IS MURDER. IT IS IMMORAL AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW.

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1-3

31-32 days

48-70 days

Season: Mar-Jun

26 years

 

 

18-23,000 pairs

 

 

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Mainly carrion, but also small mammals such as rabbits.

Large, shallow platform of twigs, earth and wool.

Throughout much of Europe and the Middle East, as well as the northern tip of Africa.

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Milan Royal

Rotmilan

Nibbio Reale

Glente

Milano real

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