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Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
| Subject: | Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
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Date: 2012:07:21 12:03:16
Camera: NIKON D7000 (NIKON CORPORATION)
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Rockford, IL
Date 21 July 2012, 12:03
Source Mississippi Kite
Author CheepShot https://www.flickr.com/people/23755697@N04
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mississippi_Kite_(7617645898).jpg
The Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Mississippi kites have narrow, pointed wings and are graceful in flight, often appearing to float in the air. Ictinia mississippiensis breeds across the central and southern United States.
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Ictinia
Species: Ictinia mississippiensis (Wilson, 1811)
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Scientific Name: Ictinia mississippiensis (Wilson, 1811)
Common Names: Mississippi Kite
French: Milan du Mississippi; German: Mississippiweih; Spanish: Elanio del Misisipi
Taxonomy: Falco misisippiensis [sic] A. Wilson, 1811, below Natchez, Mississippi, USA.
Synonym(s): Ictinia misisippiensis (Wilson, 1811); Falco misisippiensis Wilson, 1811 |
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