Ictinia is a genus of birds in the family Accipitridae. It contains two species that are native to the Americas.
| Ictinia | |
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| Mississippi kite, USFWS Photo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Buteoninae |
| Genus: | Ictinia Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Falco plumbeus Gmelin, JF, 1788
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| Species | |
Taxonomy and species
editThe genus Ictinia was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot to accommodate the plumbeous kite which is therefore the type species.[1][2] The name is from the Ancient Greek word iktinos for a kite.[3] The genus now contains two species.[4]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Mississippi kite
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Ictinia mississippiensis (Wilson, A, 1811) |
United States
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| Plumbeous kite
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Ictinia plumbea (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
eastern Mexico to Peru, Bolivia and Argentina
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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References
edit- ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 24.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 295.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
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