Mississippi Kite

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Pipeline Road, Panama • 24 April 2010

Bird name: Mississippi Kite
Latin: Ictinia mississippiensis
Other: Milano boreal (Es) • Sauveiro do norte (Br)
Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
Range: Texas to South America via Central America.
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We saw well over a hundred Mississippi Kites migrating towards North America, above the Pipeline Road in central Panama, in the Canal zone, in late April 2010. A fabulous site.

As you can see, there are 80 birds in the photo above, among which I think there is one odd-man-out, a Swainson’s Hawk. Can you see where? Give up? Top middle with vertical wings!