a large European bird of prey (= a bird that kills and eats small birds and animals) with reddish brown feathers and a tail that is divided into two parts at the end

It has taken eighty years for the red kite to recover from near-extinction. 用了八十年的时间，红鸢才从濒临灭绝的状态中恢复过来。

Red kites are now a familiar sight alongside stretches of the M40 motorway. 红鸢现在已经成为M40高速公路上一道熟悉的风景线。