Loggerhead kingbird
| Loggerhead kingbird | |
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| In Camagüey Province, Cuba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Tyrannus |
| Species: | T. caudifasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tyrannus caudifasciatus d'Orbigny, 1839
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The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.
It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and, very rarely, in southern Florida. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Description[]
This large kingbird measures 23 cm (9.1 in) long. It is dark grey above and white below. The head is black while the throat and cheeks are white. Like many kingbird species, the loggerhead possesses an orange or yellow crown patch, but it is well concealed and rarely visible in the field. The tail is squared and ends with a buffy-white band.[2]
Diet[]
It feeds on flying insects, small fruit and berries, and small lizards.[2]
In Jamaica
In Jamaica
In Cuba[3]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tyrannus caudifasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22700513A93782147. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700513A93782147.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b Garrido, Orlando H.; Kirkconnell, Arturo (2000). Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba. Ithaca, NY: Comstock, Cornell University Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-8014-8631-9.
- ^ "Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)". 2 February 2019.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tyrannus caudifasciatus. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Tyrannus caudifasciatus. |
- BirdLife species factsheet for Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- "Tyrannus caudifasciatus". Avibase.
- "Loggerhead kingbird media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Loggerhead kingbird photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Loggerhead kingbird species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- Interactive range map of Tyrannus caudifasciatus at IUCN Red List maps
- Audio recordings of Loggerhead kingbird on Xeno-canto.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Tyrannus (genus)
- Birds of the Caribbean
- Birds of Hispaniola
- Birds of the Dominican Republic
- Birds of Haiti
- Birds of the Bahamas
- Birds of the Cayman Islands
- Birds of the Greater Antilles
- Birds described in 1839
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