Milvus

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Milvus | image = Red_Kite_and_Black_Kite_NAUMANN.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Black Kite and Red Kite | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | subphylum = Vertebrata | classis = Aves | ordo = Falconiformes | familia = Accipitridae | subfamilia = Milvinae | genus = Milvus | genus_authority = Lacepede, 1799 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text for discussion }} Milvus is a genus of medium-sized birds of prey. It is an Old World group consisting of three kites which form part of the subfamily Milvinae.

Definite species in this genus are:

Red Kite, Milvus milvus
Black Kite, Milvus migrans

Recent DNA studies suggest that the yellow-billed African races of Black Kite, M. m. parasiticus and M. m. aegyptius differ significantly from Black Kites in the Eurasian-Australasian clade, and could be considered as a separate species, the Yellow-billed Kite, M. aegyptius.

However, the same study suggests that the Asian M. m. lineatus, sometimes separated as the Black-eared Kite M. lineatus, is not sufficiently distinctive to justify specific status.

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