What is Red kite?
{{speciesbox | name = Red Kite | image = Milvus milvus R(ThKraft).jpg | image_caption = | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{IUCN|id=22695072 |title=''Milvus milvus'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2013 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref> | genus = Milvus | species = milvus | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | range_map = Milvus milvus distr02.png | range_map_caption = Distribution map<br>Cyan: resident; Green: breeding visitor | synonyms = ''Falco milvus'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}} }} [[File:Red Kite - Gigrin Farm (10359058775).jpg|thumb|250px|Side view of adult, Wales]] [[File:Milvus milvus MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.80.15.jpg|thumb| ''Milvus milvus'']] The '''red kite''' (''Milvus milvus'') is a medium-large [[bird of prey]] in the family [[Accipitridae]]. This family also has other [[Bird of prey|raptor]]s such as [[eagle]]s, [[buzzard]]s, and [[harrier]]s. The species is found all over [[Europe]] and northwest [[Africa]].<ref name=bwpc/> It is resident in the milder parts of its range in western [[Europe]] and northwest [[Africa]], but birds from northeastern and central [[Europe]] winter further south and west, reaching south to [[Turkey]].<ref name=bwpc>Snow D.W. & Perrins C.M. 1998. ''The birds of the western Palearctic''. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-854099-X}}</ref> Red kites eat small mammals and [[carrion]]. They were wiped out in most of [[Britain]], except for a few in south [[Wales]]. Farmers killed them, and so did the [[DDT]] picked up from their [[prey]]. They have made a big come-back in England and Scotland after they were recently re-introduced.<ref name=Radio4>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yz3t2 Rod Liddle, ''BBC Radio 4''. The kestrel and the red kite]</ref><ref name=WalesFavBird>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newquay-westwales.co.uk/kite.htm |title=The red kite in west Wales |access-date=2015-07-05 |archive-date=2011-08-31 |archive-url=