Common wintering of black kites (Milvus migrans migrans) in Greece, and new data on their wintering elsewhere in Europe
Journal: Slovak Raptor Journal
Year: 2017

Abstract Black kites of the nominal subspecies Milvus migrans migrans breed in the Western Palearctic and in Central Asia, while the European population is relatively small. The birds winter mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Until 2000 winter observations of black kites were rare in Greece, and also within the tri-point border area of Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. At that time regular wintering of black kites started there. These data and evidence from recent local literature as well as