Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Milvinæ having a long forked tail.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of raptorial birds, including the European kite.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a genus including the common European kits
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Examples
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Raptors amongst the stabilised sands include 15 breeding pairs (about a tenth of the world's population) of the Spanish imperial eagle Aquila heliaca adalberti (VU), black vulture Aegypius monachus, short-toed eagle Circaetus gallicus, booted eagle Hieraaetus pennatus, buzzard Buteo buteo, black kite Milvus migrans, black-shouldered kite Elanus caeruleus, red kite M. milvus, and hobby Falco subbuteo.
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I am fortunate to live in East Northamptonshire, close to the site of a successful reintroduction of the Red Kite (Milvus milvus) (see here & here).
Of Eagles & Beavers 2007
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I am fortunate to live in East Northamptonshire, close to the site of a successful reintroduction of the Red Kite (Milvus milvus) (see here & here).
Archive 2007-08-12 2007
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They are confident that the British eagle owls are natural colonisers, and that confirmation of eagle owl breeding in Britain is news akin to that of the reintroduction of the White-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla or the successful increase in Red kite Milvus milvus numbers.
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Here, too, we learned the reason why the falcons and the hawks (Falco milvus, F. gentilis, etc.) are so fierce and so well-fed.
The Land of Midian 2003
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No kites (Falco milvus) are to be observed out of Churra.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The kite (milvus ictinus) used to be common 40 years ago; its presence being notified by our hens cackling, and ducks quacking, as they called together their broods, when they espied it soaring at a considerable height above.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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Topic 2: Ecosystems 2.3: Changes A Question • The Red Kite (Milvus milvus) used to be a very common bird in Britain but it became extinct in England through human persecution.
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Several other threatened avifauna species occur, including Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus (V), spot-billed pelican P. philippensis (I), greater adjutant Leptoptilus dubius (E), lesser adjutant L. javanicus (V), marbled teal Marmaronetta angustirostris (V), Baikal teal Anas formosa (V), Baer's pochard Aythya baeri (V), red kite Milvus milvus (K), cinereous vulture Aegypius monochus (V) and sociable lapwing Vanellus gregarius (R).
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Ir. Shcamfaird, aird gaghair no madraidh, Ian do thairn - jeadbaiv Milvius vel milvus, Kvt, barkyt,
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