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title: "Mississippi Kite"
description: "Ictinia mississippiensis — Uccelli. The Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mississippi-kite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mississippi Kite

> Ictinia mississippiensis — Uccelli. The Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

- Scientific name: *Ictinia mississippiensis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 25137
- Wikidata: [Q1262840](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1262840)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5416](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5416)

## Names

- en: Mississippi Kite
- de: Mississippiweih
- es: Milano de Mississippi
- fr: Milan du Mississippi
- nl: Mississippiwouw
- pt: Sovi-do-norte
- pl: Kanialuk jasnogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (22687), MX (751), PA (99), AR (86), CA (78), HN (76), CO (59), BR (40), NI (37), CR (33), SV (23), UY (8)

## Summary

The Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.  Mississippi kites have narrow, pointed wings and are graceful in flight, often appearing to float in the air.  It is common to see several circling in the same area.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_kite

## Photo

![Mississippi Kite](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mississippi-kite/medium.jpg)

Photo: kcthetc1 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127927703

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mississippi-kite?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).