Species Detail - Red Kite (Milvus milvus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rare birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Milvus milvus
Red Kite
NHMSYS0000530482
RecommendedWell-formed
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mimil
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
90
65
34
15/11/1951
17/03/2010
1 January (recorded in 2009)
31 December (recorded in 2013)
Irish Rare Bird Committee, Rare birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Red Kite (Milvus milvus), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/271/Species/11445