(Milvus migrans) - BirdLife species factsheet

Milvus migrans

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
Christidis, L.; Boles, W. E. 2008. Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2010	Not Recognised
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	unset	Forest dependency	unset
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend		-	-	-

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Austria	Delta of the Rhine
Austria	Lobau
Austria	March/Thaya riverine forest
Austria	Riede in the northern Rhein valley
Austria	Riverine forests in the Tullnerfeld
Austria	Riverine forests on the Danube east of Vienna
Belgium	Sinémurienne
Bulgaria	Derventski Heights
Bulgaria	Harsovska Reka
Bulgaria	Lomovete
Bulgaria	Ludogorie
Bulgaria	Madzharovo
Bulgaria	Sakar
Bulgaria	Western Strandzha
Croatia	Jelas Field
Croatia	Lower Posavina
Croatia	Podunavlje and Lower Podravlje
Croatia	Poilovlje with Carp Fishponds
Croatia	Pokuplje Basin
Czechia	Confluence of the Morava (March) and Dyje (Thaya) rivers - Tvrdonicko
France	Anse de Fouras, baie d'Yves et marais de Rochefort
France	Baie de Bourgneuf et marais breton
France	Barrage d'Artix et Saligue du Gave de Pau
France	Barthes de l'Adour
France	Basse Vallée de la Durance
France	Basse Vallée du Doubs : Dole Sud
France	Bassigny
France	Bassin d'Arcachon et Banc d'Arguin
France	Bassin du Drugeon: Pontarlier-Frasne
France	Brenne centrale
France	Brenne Sud
France	Côte Médocaine: dunes boisées et dépressions humides
France	Crau
France	Estuaire de la Gironde : marais de la rive nord
France	Estuaire de la Gironde : marais du Nord Médoc
France	Etangs d'Argonne
France	Etangs de la Woëvre: la Chaussée
France	Etangs de la Woëvre: lac de Madine
France	Etangs Montpellierains
France	Forêt de Chaux
France	Forêt de Saou
France	Forêt domaniale de la Harth
France	Garonne : marais de Bordeaux
France	Gorges de la Dordogne
France	Gorges de la Truyère
France	Gorges du Gardon
France	Haut Val d'Allier
France	Hautes garrigues du Montpellierais
France	Ile d'Oléron, marais de Brouage-Saint-Agnant
France	Lac de Grand-Lieu
France	Lac du Der-Chantecoq et étangs latéraux
France	Lacs de la Forêt d'Orient
France	Marais de Brière
France	Marais et estuaire de la Seudre
France	Marais et forêt d'Olonne
France	Marais poitevin et baie de l'Aiguillon
France	Moyenne Vallée de la Durance
France	Parc National des Ecrins
France	Petite Camargue fluvio-lacustre
France	Petite Camargue laguno-marine
France	Plaine du Forez
France	Plateau Ardennais
France	Plateau de l'Arbois, garrigues de Lancon et chaîne des Côtes
France	Plateaux de Millevaches et de Gentioux
France	Pointe de Grave
France	Ried de Colmar et Sélestat
France	Val d'Allier : Saint-Yorre-Joze
France	Val d'Allier Bourbonnais
France	Val de Drôme: Les Ramières-printegarde
France	Val de Saône
France	Vallée de la Charente et de la Seugne (Cabariot-Pons/St-Sever-de-Saintonge)
France	Vallée de la Durance : de Tallard à Sisteron
France	Vallée de la Garonne : Boussens à Carbonne
France	Vallée de la Loire : gorges de la Loire
France	Vallée de la Loire : Orléanais
France	Vallée de la Saône de Corre à Broye
France	Vallée du Rhin : Marckolsheim à Strasbourg
France	Vallée du Rhin : Strasbourg à Lauterbourg
France	Vallée du Rhin : Village-neuf à Biescheim
Germany	Baar
Germany	Barnbruch
Germany	Berchtesgaden National Park
Germany	Berghausener and Lingenfelder Altrhein incl. Flotzgrün island
Germany	Bliesgau
Germany	Bodanrück and Mindelsee
Germany	Bogs and heathlands of the Westmünsterland
Germany	Braunschweig sewage farms
Germany	Danube valley: Neu-Ulm - Lauingen incl. Faiminger Stausee, Donau-Moos, and Gundelfinger Moos
Germany	Danube valley: Regensburg-Vilshofen
Germany	Donau-Auen and Donau-Ried: Höchstädt - Donauwörth
Germany	Drömling (Niedersachsen)
Germany	Drömling (Sachsen-Anhalt)
Germany	Elbe lowlands between Schnackenburg and Lauenburg
Germany	Forests of Lauenburg
Germany	Georgsdorfer and Dalum-Wietmarscher Moor and Alte Piccardie
Germany	Gohrischheide
Germany	Goldgrund and Daxlander Au
Germany	Gravel pits Krauchenwies-Zielfingen
Germany	Hakel
Germany	Hessian Rhine alluvion
Germany	Hohe Geest near Himbergen / Bad Bodenteich
Germany	Hördter Rheinaue
Germany	Island of Usedom
Germany	Lech-Donau-Winkel: Lechstausee Feldheim and Donaustausee Bertoldsheim
Germany	Lower Aller lowlands
Germany	Lower Gersprenz lowlands incl. Reinheim pond
Germany	Lower Havel - Lake Schollene - Lake Gülpe
Germany	Lower Rhine
Germany	Lowlands of middle Havel
Germany	Middle Elbe valley with Steckby-Lödderitz forest
Germany	Mittlere Schwäbische Alb with Albuch, Härtsfeld and Schmiechener See
Germany	Neckar oxbows in the Hessian Ried
Germany	Northern Danube valley and southern Riesalb
Germany	Otterstadter and Angelhofer Altrhein incl. Binsfeld
Germany	Ploetzkau flood-plain forest
Germany	Ponds and Elbe valley near Torgau
Germany	Pressel wooded heath and mire
Germany	Rheinaue Bingen-Ingelheim
Germany	Rhine flats Altlußheim-Mannheim
Germany	Rhine flats Karlsruhe - Rheinsheim
Germany	Rhön Biosphere Reserve
Germany	Rieselfelder Münster
Germany	Saale-Elster valley
Germany	Schorfheide-Chorin
Germany	Schwalm-Nette-Platte and Grenzwald
Germany	South-eastern Alb and Upper Danube valley
Germany	Spessart
Germany	Stechlin
Germany	Steinhuder Meer
Germany	Uckermark lake region
Germany	Untermain
Germany	Untersee of Lake Constance
Germany	Vogelsberg
Germany	Wagbach lowlands
Germany	Wahner Heide
Germany	Werra meadows near Bad Salzungen
Hungary	Béda–Karapancsa
Hungary	Bodrogzug–Taktaköz
Hungary	Gemenc
Hungary	Inner Somogy
Hungary	Szigetköz
Italy	Agri Valley
Italy	Alto Garda Bresciano
Italy	Brabbia peatland, Lake Varese and Lake Biandronno
Italy	Carniche pre-Alps
Italy	Grigne
Italy	Lake Bolsena
Italy	Lake Bracciano and Tolfa hills
Italy	Litorale Romano
Italy	Maiella, Pizzi and Frentani mountains
Italy	Marchesato and River Neto
Italy	Pollino and Orsomarso
Italy	River Biferno
Italy	River Mincio and Bosco Fontana
Italy	Sicani mountains, Rocca Busambra and Ficuzza forest
Italy	Ticino river
Lithuania	Asveja Regional Park
Lithuania	Grazute Regional Park (part of)
Lithuania	Initial area of Aukstaitija NP
Lithuania	Kauno Marios water reservoir & eastern coastal zone
Lithuania	Labanoras Regional Park
Lithuania	Lithuanian part of the Curonian Spit
Luxembourg	Region of Junglinster
Luxembourg	Region of Mompach, Manternach, Bech and Osweiler
Luxembourg	Region of Schuttrange, Canach, Lenningen and Gostingen
Luxembourg	Region of the Middle Lias
Luxembourg	Valley of the Attert
Poland	Augustów forest
Poland	Drawa River Site
Poland	Forest at Gwda River
Poland	Lower Odra river valley
Poland	Lower Silesia Forests
Poland	Middle Odra River Valley
Poland	Notec Forest
Poland	Oak-hornbeam forests in the Odra valley
Poland	Pisz forest
Poland	Szczecin lagoon
Poland	Witnica-Debno Site
Portugal	Arraiolos
Portugal	Cabeção
Portugal	Castro Verde plains
Portugal	Côa valley
Portugal	Évora plains
Portugal	Mourão, Moura e Barrancos
Portugal	Paul de Arzila
Portugal	Paul do Boquilobo
Portugal	Paul do Taipal
Portugal	River Guadiana
Portugal	Sabôr and Maçãs
Portugal	Serra de Penha Garcia e Campina de Toulões
Portugal	Upper River Tejo
Romania	Aliman - Adamclisi
Romania	Allah Bair - Capidava
Romania	Babadag wood
Romania	Danube Delta
Romania	Dobrogei gorge
Romania	Dunăre - Canarale - Hârşova
Romania	Dunăre - Ostroave
Romania	Dunărea Veche (Braţul Măcin)
Romania	Hagieni forest
Romania	Lunca Turului Inferior
Slovakia	Danube floodplains
Slovakia	Medzibodrožie
Slovakia	Morava
Slovakia	Pusté Úľany - Zeleneč
Switzerland	'Grosses Moos' plain and Niederried reservoir
Switzerland	Jura mountains of Baselland - Solothurn
Switzerland	La Brévine and Les Ponts-de-Martel
Switzerland	Lake Neuchâtel: southern shore
Switzerland	Lowlands of Zurich and lower valley of the river Thur
Switzerland	Mont Tendre
Türkiye	Sarıyar Reservoir
Ukraine	Samars'kyj forest

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Milvus migrans. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/milvus-migrans on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.