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Vigors, Nicholas Aylward (October 1825). "On a new genus of Falconidæ". Sketches in Ornithology. The Zoological Journal. 2 (7): 385–386. Hille, Sabine; Thiollay, Jean-Marc (2000). "The imminent extinction of the kites Milvus milvus fasciicauda and Milvus m. migrans on the Cape Verde Islands". Bird Conservation International. 10 (4): 361–369. doi: 10.1017/s0959270900000319. In June 2010, the Forestry Commission North West England announced a three-year project to release 90 red kites in Grizedale Forest, Cumbria under a special licence issued by Natural England. The Grizedale programme was the ninth reintroduction of red kites into different regions of the UK and the final re-introduction phase in England. [52] Korpimäki, Erkki, and Kai Norrdahl. "Avian predation on mustelids in Europe 1: occurrence and effects on body size variation and life traits." Oikos (1989): 205-215. The original and still the best, the PestFix Hawk Kite Kit is by far the toughest and strongest kite on the market

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The various species of Kites live in a wide range of habitat types. Some prefer living in tropical regions with warm temperatures and high rainfall. Other species prefer the chill air of the subarctic. Red Kites decline in Europe". Welsh Kite Trust. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013 . Retrieved 24 February 2007. Udvardy, Miklos D. F.; Farrand Jr., John (1994). National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds Western Region. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp.349–350. ISBN 0-679-42851-8. Red kites inhabit broadleaf woodlands, pastures, mixed farmland, valleys and wetland edges, up to at least 1,600 metres (5,200ft) elevation. [1] They are native to the western Palearctic, with all of the currently known 32,200–37,700 breeding pairs being in Europe. [1] There also used to be breeding populations in western Asia (northern Iran, Syria and Turkey) and northwestern Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia), but most of these were extirpated in the 19th century or earlier; [35] the only non-European breeding population in recent decades was in Morocco where the last known pair was in 2004. [1] Today it breeds from Portugal and Spain, through the central part of the continent east to European Russia, north to southern Scandinavia, Latvia and the United Kingdom, and south to southern Italy; few if any breeders remain in Balkan. [1] [35] Most red kites that breed in the northern European mainland used to move south or west in winter, typically wintering in Spain and other parts of western Europe with a mild climate, as well as northwestern Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) and Turkey. In recent decades, an increasing number of red kites from the northern European mainland have stayed in the region year-round. [1] A red kite’s wingspan can range between 175 and 195cm [iii] . From beak to tail-tip, they usually reach a maximum of 66cm. How Much Do They Weigh?Kite behavior varies by species, though most birds of prey are solitary or live in mated pairs. The vast majority of these birds are diurnal, and most active during the day, or near dawn or dusk. They spend much of their time resting or searching for prey.

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These birds eat anything from mice, rats, and squirrels, to lizards, snakes, and frogs. Some species specialize in very specific prey species, like the snail Kite, while others eat just about anything they can catch. Kite and Human Interaction Mindell, David P.; Fuchs, Jérôme; Johnson, Jeff A. (2018). "Phylogeny, taxonomy, and geographic diversity of diurnal raptors: Falconiformes, Accipitriformes, and Cathartiformes". In Sarasola, José Hernán; Grande, Juan Manuel; Negro, Juan José (eds.). Birds of Prey: Biology and Conservation in the XXI Century. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp.3–32. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-73745-4_1. ISBN 978-3-319-73745-4.

a b Johnson, Jeff A.; Watson, Richard T.; Mindell, David P. (2005). "Prioritizing species conservation: does the Cape Verde kite exist?". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 272 (7): 1365–1371. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3098. PMC 1560339. PMID 16006325. Rapidly declined from the 1980s until around 2010, since then stable or perhaps increasing locally [1]