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 LC    Mississippi Kite* Id (Atlas):
    Ictinia mississippiensis

Description (10)
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Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
31 - 37 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Wilson, 1811)

Habitat
Temperate forest and grassland, urban areas, arable land.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, USA (B).

Vagrant to Bermuda, Canada, Cuba, Ecuador.

Southern tier of USA, from Arizona to Florida. Winters in South America, south to northern Argentina and Paraguay.
 
Population
Estimated population is 190,000 (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

 
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) [XC381258]
     by Robin Carter from Skidaway Island, Chatham County, GA USA, United States (call)

 
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) [XC317265]
     by Jim Holmes from Lamar Community College Woods, Prowers Co., Colorado, United States (alarm call)

Subspecies
No clear affinities to other genera. Forms superspecies with Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea).

No subspecies.


References
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Files:
JPG files for Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) - 10 files


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