Milvus milvus Linnaeus 1758 (red kite)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Alternative combination: Falco milvus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Milvus according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Linnaeus 1758 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: Milvus incertus, Milvus migrans

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bacon Hole (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)

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