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Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Description:

An extremely common and widespread bird of the American tropics, the Tropical Kingbird barely reaches the United States in south Texas and southern Arizona

Habitat:

open field near coast

Notes:

This species is a regular fall vagrant along the California coast

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4 Comments

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

So Cute!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Lovely!

DonnaPomeroy
DonnaPomeroy 11 years ago

Thanks Liam. I have been looking for this species all Fall, hoping to find one for my County list and finally got one less than a mile from my house!

Liam
Liam 11 years ago

Nice one, Donna!

DonnaPomeroy
Spotted by
DonnaPomeroy

San Mateo, California, USA

Spotted on Nov 26, 2012
Submitted on Dec 1, 2012

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