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title: "Donkergrijze wouw"
description: "Ictinia plumbea — Vogels. The plumbeous kite (Ictinia plumbea) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae that is resident in much of northern South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/plumbeous-kite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Donkergrijze wouw

> Ictinia plumbea — Vogels. The plumbeous kite (Ictinia plumbea) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae that is resident in much of northern South America.

- Scientific name: *Ictinia plumbea*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4527
- Wikidata: [Q1264502](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1264502)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5415](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5415)

## Names

- en: Plumbeous Kite
- de: Schwebeweih
- es: Milano plomizo
- fr: Milan bleuâtre
- nl: Donkergrijze wouw
- pt: Sovi
- pl: Kanialuk szary

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2012), AR (456), PE (354), CO (293), EC (258), PA (149), BO (137), GF (125), CR (99), BZ (91), MX (72), GT (55)

## Summary

The plumbeous kite (Ictinia plumbea) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae that is resident in much of northern South America. It is migratory in the northern part of its range which extends north to Mexico. It feeds on insects which it catches either from a perch or while in flight.

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

## Photo

![Donkergrijze wouw](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plumbeous-kite/medium.jpg)

Photo: Frank Thomas Sautter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101266573

## Machine access

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