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Ictinia

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Ictinia
Mississippi kite, USFWS Photo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Buteoninae
Genus: Ictinia
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Falco plumbeus
Species

I. mississippiensis
I. plumbea

Ictinia is a genus of birds in the family Accipitridae. It contains two species that are native to the Americas.

Taxonomy and species

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The 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]

Genus Ictinia Vieillot, 1816 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Mississippi kite

Ictinia mississippiensis
(Wilson, A, 1811)
United States
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Plumbeous kite

Ictinia plumbea
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
eastern Mexico to Peru, Bolivia and Argentina
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References

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  1. ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 24.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  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.