Mississippi Kite

Ictinia mississippiensis - Milan du Mississippi

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Ictinia

  • Species
    :

    mississippiensis

Descriptor

Wilson, A, 1811

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 38 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 96 cm.
  • Weight
    : 270 à 388 g
Longevity

11 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Milan du Mississippi
adult
Milan du Mississippi
adult

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Milan du Mississippi,
  • Elanio del Misisipi,
  • sovi-do-norte,
  • Mississippibussard,
  • sólyomhéja,
  • Mississippiwouw,
  • Nibbio del Mississipi,
  • mississippiglada,
  • Mississippiglente,
  • iktínia sivomodrá,
  • luňák mississipský,
  • Falkeglente,
  • sirkkahaukka,
  • elani del Mississipí,
  • kanialuk jasnogłowy,
  • Misisipi klīja,
  • Миссисипский коршун,
  • ミシシッピートビ,
  • 密西西比灰鸢,
  • 密西西比灰鳶,

Voice song and cries

Milan du Mississippi
adult

Habitat

Milan du Mississippi
adult

Forest : Temperate ; Grassland : Temperate ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 30-04-2007
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