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 NR    Cape Verde Kite* Id (Atlas):
    Milvus fasciicauda

Description (1)
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
60 - 66 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hartert, 1914

Range (Guide)
Cape Verde Is.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Carrion, invertebrates such as voles, mice, rats, rabbits and birds.

Subspecies
Milvus milvus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Red Kite (Milvus milvus) and Cape Verde Kite (Milvus fasciicauda) by Hazevoet (1995), but for reasons given in Johnson et al. (2005) this treatment has not been adopted by the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Cape Verde Kite (Milvus fasciicauda) - 1 files


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