Red Kite Milvus milvus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (42)
- Subspecies (2)
Tim S. David, Jaume Orta, David Christie, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.1 — Published April 23, 2021
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Huta bishtgërshërë e kuqerreme |
| Arabic | حدأة حمراء |
| Armenian | Կարմիր ցին |
| Asturian | Milñn real |
| Azerbaijani | Qırmızı çalağan |
| Basque | Miru gorria |
| Bulgarian | Червена каня |
| Catalan | milà reial |
| Croatian | crvena lunja |
| Czech | luňák červený |
| Danish | Rød Glente |
| Dutch | Rode Wouw |
| English | Red Kite |
| English (United States) | Red Kite |
| Faroese | Reyðgleða |
| Finnish | isohaarahaukka |
| French | Milan royal |
| French (France) | Milan royal |
| Galician | Miñato real |
| German | Rotmilan |
| Greek | Ψαλιδιάρης |
| Hebrew | דיה אדומה |
| Hungarian | Vörös kánya |
| Icelandic | Svölugleða |
| Italian | Nibbio reale |
| Japanese | アカトビ |
| Latvian | Sarkanā klija |
| Lithuanian | Rudasis peslys |
| Norwegian | rødglente |
| Persian | کورکور حنایی |
| Polish | kania ruda |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Milhafre-real |
| Romanian | Gaie roșie |
| Russian | Красный коршун |
| Serbian | Riđa lunja |
| Slovak | haja červená |
| Slovenian | Rjavi škarnik |
| Spanish | Milano Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Milano real |
| Swedish | röd glada |
| Turkish | Kızıl Çaylak |
| Ukrainian | Шуліка рудий |
Revision Notes
In this revision, Tim S. David revised the sections that comprise the Systematics page (Geographic Variation, Subspecies, Related Species, Nomenclature, and Fossil History).
Milvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Falco Milvus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.89.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, Asia, Africa; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 20.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MILVUS
- milvus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Red Kite
