Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (36)
- Monotypic
James W. Parker
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1999
Text last updated January 1, 1999
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | elani del Mississipí |
| Croatian | srebrnasta lunja |
| Czech | iktinie mississippská |
| Dutch | Mississippiwouw |
| English | Mississippi Kite |
| English (United States) | Mississippi Kite |
| Finnish | sirkkahaukka |
| French | Milan du Mississippi |
| French (France) | Milan du Mississippi |
| German | Mississippibussard |
| Icelandic | Þrælagleða |
| Japanese | ミシシッピートビ |
| Norwegian | mississippiglente |
| Polish | kanialuk jasnogłowy |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | sovi-do-norte |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Sauveiro-do-norte |
| Russian | Миссисипский коршун |
| Serbian | Misisipska lunja |
| Slovak | iktínia sivomodrá |
| Spanish | Elanio del Misisipi |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Milano Boreal |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Elanio Colinegro |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Milano del Mississippi |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Elanio de Mississippi |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Milano de Mississippi |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Milano de Mississippi |
| Spanish (Panama) | Elanio Migratorio |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Milano boreal |
| Spanish (Peru) | Elanio de Mississippi |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Elanio de Misisipí |
| Spanish (Spain) | Elanio del Misisipi |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Milano Boreal |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gavilán Apizarrado |
| Swedish | mississippiglada |
| Turkish | Missisipi Çaylağı |
| Ukrainian | Шуліка світлоголовий |
Ictinia mississippiensis (Wilson, 1811)
PROTONYM:
Falco misisippiensis
Wilson, 1811. American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature 3, p.80 pl.25 fig.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
below Natchez, Mississippi.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ICTINIA
- mississipensis / mississippensis / mississippiensis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Mississippi Kite
