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  1. christoph.randler

    Red Kite on Cape Verde / Boavista 2023

    Thank you very much! Yes, found some old hybrid papers about the two kites, will check next week in the office (see below), but what with the genetic evidence in the paper from Johnson et al. (2005)? They place the museum species of Cape Verde Kite within Red Kites but the study is based on...
  2. christoph.randler

    Red Kite on Cape Verde / Boavista 2023

    Thank you again for the detailed responses, now back home, found in Snow & Perrins (Concise Edition): p.300: M. m. fasciicauda differs from nominate milvus in being smaller with shorter and more rounded wing and less deeply forked tail. Upperparts with less pronounced feather margins...
  3. christoph.randler

    Red Kite on Cape Verde / Boavista 2023

    Thank you, will upload some more photos when back home. I have found another paper here: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2005.3098?casa_token=i1AoM_zFr0IAAAAA%3ApcaGRfzcNTHhhiT3Xi-vd5JjZwScEdJVSAbKMKtFELoNBiVRe4Ra-OibalobdUWIz1qFOQouQcLDz4x2 suggesting that there are no...
  4. christoph.randler

    Red Kite on Cape Verde / Boavista 2023

    Dear community, during our holiday trip, we had this kite (red kite) on Boavista at the Lacacao sewage pond near Hotel Touareg (13.8.2023). It looks more like a red kite, but taxonomic situation seems unlcear (hybridization?)... is it probably just a migrant from Europe or a resident CV bird? It...
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