Il Nibbio Reale  (Milvus milvus)

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Alimentazione - The kite family take a wider range of foods than most other families of raptors, and the Red Kite is no exception. Birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, amphibians, invertebrates and carrion are taken in varying proportions, depending on local availability. The British kites rely more on carrion than do their European counterparts, and this makes them vulnerable to poisoned meat (illegally) left out to catch foxes and the like.

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Status della Specie - The Red Kite is one of the relatively small number of birds of prey on the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) Red list of endangered species. The list covers all flora and fauna and classifies entries as Endangered, Threatened, Vulnerable, Rare or Insufficiently Known. The Red Kite falls into the last category. In 1984 the world population was estimated to be not much more than 15,000 pairs.