Birds of Costa Rica


Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) Carondelet Park, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Migratory and less uniformly colored than the related Plumbeous Kite. Northern migrant from southeast United States to southeast Brazil, passing through Mexico and Central America.
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Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea) Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A uniformly colored (plumbeous, or greyish-purple) non-migratory kite (small hawk) often seen soaring, or perched high in the open. Diet 90% insects (Whitacre et. al.).

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba