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Illustration of a Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) egg, 41.3 × 34 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Ictinia mississippiensis

  • 41.3 × 34 mm
  • Clutch: 1–3 eggs
Breeds in United States

Dull white.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 50 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey, Part 1 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 167, 1937), p. 66.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Mississippi Kite, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Mississippi Kite, Life History.
Clutch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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