| conservation of the red kite milvus milvus (aves: accipitriformes) is not affected by the establishment of a broad hybrid zone with the black kite milvus migrans migrans in central europe. | among accipitriformes sensu stricto, only a few species have been reported to form hybrid zones; these include the red kite milvus milvus and black kite milvus migrans migrans. m. milvus is endemic to the western palearctic and has an estimated total population of 20-24,000 breeding pairs. the species was in decline until the 1970s due to persecution and has declined again since the 1990s due to ingestion of rodenticide-treated baits, illegal poisoning and changes in agricultural practices, part ... | 2016 | 27463515 |