Birds of Costa Rica

    ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae (Kites, Hawks, Eagles)  
Genus: Ictinia (2 species, 2 worldwide)


Mississippi Kite
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
Carondelet Park, St. Louis, Missouri, United States  
   
Photograph by Andy Reago     Copyright and usage info

Migratory and less uniformly colored than the related Plumbeous Kite. Northern migrant from southeast United States to southeast Brazil, passing through Mexico and Central America.
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Plumbeous Kite
Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea)
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A uniformly colored (plumbeous, or greyish-purple) non-migratory kite (small hawk) often seen soaring, or perched high in the open. Diet 90% insects (Whitacre et. al.).


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