Red Kite

About this species

This species has 2,037,274 occurrence records from 74 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (22.9%), Spain (15%), Denmark (14.7%), Germany (12.8%) and France (12.7%); together they account for 78.1% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.46% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Milvus milvus combines the genus name Milvus with the species epithet milvus. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Milvus: Milvus migrans.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 5 times the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Accipitridae

• Black Kite
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Bald eagle
• Common Buzzard
• Hen Harrier
• Red-shouldered Hawk
• Northern Harrier
• Western Marsh Harrier
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org