Black kites wintering in Europe: estimated number, subspecies status, and behaviour of a bird wintering on Crete and Turkey

Black kites of the nominal subspecies Milvus migrans migrans breed in Europe and winter regularly in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. As a new phenomenon, black kites with morphological characteristics of the subspecies Milvus migrans lineatus are observed in Europe. Based on observations of...

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Main Authors: I. Literák, V. Reháková, S. Xirouchakis, J. Škrábal, V. Starenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:The European Zoological Journal
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/24750263.2022.2137253