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Mississippi Kite

Ictinia mississippiensis

Description:

Bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. 12 to 15 inches (30–37 cm) beak to tail and has a wingspan averaging 3 feet (91 cm). Adults are gray with darker gray on their tail feathers and outer wings and lighter gray on their heads and inner wings. Males and females look alike, but the males are slightly paler on the head and neck.

Habitat:

Suburban Neighbor

Notes:

It successfully bred 3 fledglings last year.

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1 Comment

David19
David19 12 years ago

This pic was taken in RI? I live right across the border in MA and I've never seen one.

KEVIN
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KEVIN

Rhode Island, USA

Spotted on Jun 2, 2011
Submitted on Jun 2, 2011

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