Ictinia
Sign in to saveIctinia is a genus of birds in the family Accipitridae. It contains two species that are native to the Americas.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae
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Ictinia is a genus of birds in the family Accipitridae. It contains two species that are native to the Americas.
==Taxonomy and species== The genus Ictinia was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot to accommodate the plumbeous kite which is therefore the type species. The name is from the Ancient Greek word iktinos for a kite. The genus now contains two species.
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