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Milvus Kites
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Milvus Kites

Milvus

Milvus is a genus of medium-sized birds of prey.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Black Kite

speciesMilvus migrans

Red Kite

speciesMilvus milvus

Red × Black Kite

hybridMilvus milvus × migrans

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Milvus Kites in Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura

Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura

Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.627

Milvus Kites in Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.586

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5265.