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Mississippi Kite
| Color: |
Gray |
| Size: |
14" |
| Season: |
Summer |
| Description: |
Adult is plain gray with a dark, fan-shaped tail, and pointed wings with dark tips and white patches on the top. Juvenile has dense orange barring on the body and underwing linings. Often seen circling just above treetops. |
| Voice: |
A thin descending whistled kee-kew.
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| Habitat: |
Mature bottomland forest. Also densely wooded residential areas and city parks. |
| Interesting Fact: |
This bird of prey primarily feeds on insects such as beetles and dragonflies, but also takes small frogs, lizards, turtles, birds and mammals including bats. |
| Scientific name: |
Ictinia mississippiensis |
| Order: |
Falconiformes |
| Family: |
Accipitridae |
Adult Robert Herron |
Flight silhouette Nick Anich |
Adult and young at the nest Robert Herron |
Juvenile Janet Criswell |
Juvenile in flight Janet Criswell |
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