TY - JOUR
T1 - Kites Milvus migrans lineatus (Milvus migrans migrans/lineatus) are spreading west across Europe
AU - Skyrpan, Mykola
AU - Panter, Connor
AU - Nachtigall, Winfried
AU - Riols, Romain
AU - Systad, Geir
AU - Škrábal, Jan
AU - Literák, Ivan
PY - 2020/11/16
Y1 - 2020/11/16
N2 - Europe is commonly occupied by Black Kites of the nominal subspecies Milvus migrans migrans. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of sightings of Black Kites with morphological features of Milvus migrans lineatus suggesting the spreading of M. m. lineatus and a subsequent hybridization zone between M. m. migrans and M. m. lineatus in a westerly direction from Siberia across continental Europe. Furthermore, it appears that the emergence of Black Kites with lineatus features in Europe coincides with new observations of wintering Black Kites in some areas of southern Europe.
AB - Europe is commonly occupied by Black Kites of the nominal subspecies Milvus migrans migrans. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of sightings of Black Kites with morphological features of Milvus migrans lineatus suggesting the spreading of M. m. lineatus and a subsequent hybridization zone between M. m. migrans and M. m. lineatus in a westerly direction from Siberia across continental Europe. Furthermore, it appears that the emergence of Black Kites with lineatus features in Europe coincides with new observations of wintering Black Kites in some areas of southern Europe.
KW - Black Kite
KW - Black-eared Kite
KW - Eastern Black Kite
KW - Eurasia
KW - Hybridization
KW - Secondary intergradation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096041634&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10336-020-01832-2
DO - 10.1007/s10336-020-01832-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096041634
SN - 2193-7192
VL - 162
SP - 317
EP - 323
JO - Journal of Ornithology
JF - Journal of Ornithology
IS - 2
ER -