Kite Quiz, cont.
3. As an immature bird, I have been confused with an immature male Peregrine Falcon. We both have a brown streaked body and pointed wings. Our size is similar, but a Peregrine Falcon weighs at least twice as much as I do. We both hunt our prey in the air, but I prefer insects instead of birds. My scientific name, Ictinia mississippiensis, helps to identify me. Who am I?
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The Peregrine Fund with logo, 5668 West Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, Idaho 83709, United States of America
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d. White-tailed Kitec. Mississippi Kiteb. Snail Kitea. Osprey

   Correct!
   The young Mississippi
   Kite looks similar to a
   young Peregrine
   Falcon.


   Sorry.
   The young Mississippi
   Kite looks similar to a
   young Peregrine
   Falcon.