What Is Helleborus Foetidus?
The black kite (scientific name: Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized raptor with 7 subspecies. Body length 54-69 cm. The upper body is dark brown, and the lower body is tan, with black-brown feathers, long tails, fork-shaped, and black and brown horizontal stripes of equal width; there are large white spots on the left and right under the wings when flying. Females are significantly larger than males. It inhabits open plains, grasslands, moors and low hills. During the daytime activities, they often fly alone at high altitudes, and sometimes fall into small groups of 2-3. It mainly feeds on animal foods such as birds, rats, snakes, frogs, fish, hares, lizards and insects. Observation and searching for food is usually done by hovering in the air. Distributed in Eurasia, Africa, India and all the way to Australia.
- It inhabits open plains, grasslands, wastelands and low-lying hills. It also often moves over suburbs, villages, fields, harbors, and lakes, and occasionally appears in alpine forests and forest margins above 2,000 meters. [1]
- During the daytime activities, they often fly alone at high altitudes, and sometimes fall into small groups of 2-3. The flight is fast and powerful, and he can skillfully use the rising hot air to rise into the air for a long time, hovering and soaring for a long time. The two wings are flat and the tail is spread out. They constantly swing and change shape like a rudder to adjust the forward direction. Also jitters from time to time. It usually hovered in a circle, whispered while flying, the scream was sharp, like a whistle, and could be heard from a long distance. Vision is also sharp, and you can see the movement of ground animals when you circle at high altitude. Sexual alertness is difficult for people to approach. [1]
- The breeding period is from April to July. The camp is nested on a tall tree, more than 10 meters above the ground, and also nested on a cliff. The nest is shallow disk-shaped, mainly composed of dry branches, and the structure is relatively loose. The inner pad is covered with soft objects such as dry grass, paper scraps, rags, and feathers. The male and female brood birds camp together. Usually the male bird transports the nest material, and the female bird stays on the nest to build the nest. The size of the nest is 40 to 100 cm, and sometimes it is more than 1 meter in diameter. Each nest lays 2 to 3 eggs, and occasionally there are as few as 1 and as many as 5 eggs. The size of the eggs is 53-68mm × 41-48mm, and the weight is about 52 grams. Spots. The male and female brooders take turns incubating eggs for 38 days. The fledglings are late-born and are reared by male and female brooders after hatching. After about 42 days of nesting life, fledglings can fly. [1]
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