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The waxwings are a group of passerine birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla ...
Red Kite at Bwlch Nant yr Arian, Wales, a local feeding ground. The red kite (Milvus milvus) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. The species currently breeds only in Europe, though it formerly also bred in west Asia and northwest Africa.
The waxwings are a group of passerine birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter.
RAF Benson near Oxford says big birds of prey and military aircraft are ‘never a good mix’ Stop feeding red kite birds of prey - it endangers our military aircraft, warns RAF Skip to main content
Milvus is a genus of medium-sized birds of prey.The genus was erected by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799 with the red kite as the type species. [1] [2] The name is the Latin word for the red kite.
Red kite: Accipitridae: Milvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) 189 Black kite: Accipitridae: Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) 190 Yellow-billed kite: Accipitridae: Milvus aegyptius (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 191 Whistling kite: Accipitridae: Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818) 192 Brahminy kite: Accipitridae: Haliastur indus (Boddaert, 1783) 193 Steller's sea ...
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Kite is the common name for certain birds of prey in the family Accipitridae, particularly in the subfamilies Elaninae and Perninae and certain genera within Buteoninae. [1] The term is derived from Old English cȳta (“kite; bittern”), [ 2 ] possibly from the onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root * gū- , "screech."