Mississippi Kite / Ictinia mississippiensis
WBN 
Mississippi Kite
SCI Name:
Protonym: Falco misisippiensis Am.Orn. 3 p.80 pl.25 fig.1
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Ictinia
Taxonomy Code: miskit
Type Locality: below Natchez, Mississippi.
Author: Wilson, A
Publish Year: 1811
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ICTINIA
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Plumbeous Kite I. plumbea) Gr. ικτιν iktin or ικτινος iktinos kite; "16. ICTINIE, Ictinia. Falco, Lath. Bec court, droit à la base, rétréci en dessus; mandibule supérieure à bords dilatés en forme de dent; l'inférieure échancrée vers le bout. — Cire nue. — Tarses courts, grêles. — Doigts courts; les extérieurs unis à l'origine par une membrane; ongles courts, peu aigus. — Rectrices égales. Esp. Milan-Cresserelle, Vieill. Oiseaux de l'Amér. sept." (Vieillot 1816); "Ictinia Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 24. Type, by monotypy, Milan-Cresserelle Vieillot = Falco plumbeus Gmelin." (Peters 1931, 1, 201).
Var. Ictinea.
Synon. Nertus, Poecilopteryx.
mississipensis / mississippensis / mississippiensis
Mississippi River, Louisiana Colony/USA < Ojibway misi-ziibi great river.
● ex “Tangara du Mississippi” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 741, and “Mississipi Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Piranga rubra).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)
