Ictinia

Taxobox
name = Ictinia


image_caption = Mississippi Kite, USFWS Photo
image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Falconiformes
familia = Accipitridae
genus = "Ictinia"
genus_authority = Vieillot, 1816
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
I. mississippiensis

I. plumbea

"Ictinia" is a genus of birds in the "Accipitridae" family. It contains two species:

Mississippi Kite

Plumbeous Kite
Both of these species are native to the Americas.

References

* [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=554268 Integrated Taxonomic Information System]