Which large bird of prey, fairly common in Wales, and now becoming more widespread elsewhere, has the Latin name 'milvus milvus?
Milvus at Ubeidiya (Israel) was described as "Milvus pygmaeus". Milvus Milvus is a genus of medium-sized birds of prey. The genus was erected by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. "Milvus" is the Latin word for the red kite. This is an Old World group consisting of three kites that form part of the subfamily Milvinae. Its systematics are under revision; it contains 3 or 4 species. Allozyme data indicates that the genetic diversity in both black and red kites is rather low. Successful hybridization between "Milvus" kites is fairly commonplace, making mtDNA analyses unreliable to resolve the
Macroglossum milvus Macroglossum milvus Macroglossum milvus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Réunion (formerly known as "Île Bourbon") and Mauritius. The head and thorax uppersides have a dark mesial line. The abdomen upperside has four orange lateral patches, of which the first is the smallest. The thorax underside is clayish reddish cinnamon. The palpus is more grey, with a purer white side-stripe. The abdomen underside is tawny. Both wings undersides are bright tawny, with the inconspicuous distal borders a duller brown and the extreme bases more or less yellow, especially near the inner edge of the hindwing.