WoRMS taxon details
Milvus
AphiaID: 205396
AphiaID: 205396
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Falconiformes (Order) > Accipitridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Accipitridae | |||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: large kite. Plumage: variable, brown or rufous; tail forked, wings rather long with rounded tips. Other details: bill small and weak; legs short, tarsus with transverse scutes in front, reticulate scales behind; feet weak with long sharp talons. Tail spread and twisted in flight; wings always bent at carpal joint. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205396 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Milvus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205396 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||
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