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Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Description:

Photo take in my backyard this is a very common bird in this area , this one is catching insects like every morning in the same place. An adult Tropical Kingbird is 22 cm long and weighs 39 g. The head is pale grey, with a darker eye mask, an orange crown stripe, and a heavy grey bill. The back is greyish-green, and the wing and forked tail are brown. The throat is pale grey, becoming olive on the breast, with the rest of the underparts being yellow. The sexes are similar, but young birds have pale buff edges on the wing coverts.

Habitat:

This bird breeds from southern Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the USA through Central America, South America as far as south as central Argentina and western Peru, and on Trinidad and Tobago. Birds from the northernmost and southern breeding areas migrate to warmer parts of the range after breeding.

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14 Comments

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Great series Gerardo!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Thanks Noel :)

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 10 years ago

Beautiful series!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Thanks Kranti :)

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 10 years ago

nice series !

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Satyen and Kevin !

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Great shots!

kevinm1
kevinm1 11 years ago

Nice pictures!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Glen :)

Glen Marks
Glen Marks 11 years ago

Nice shots!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks António is been very dry here almost 2 months no rain and is all dry and no much to see, so i been practice shunting in high speed i still learning.

Gerardo you are becaming specialist i flying spottings :-) this one is even better than the bee one,wow,perfect photos,congrats and thanks for sharing

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Maria :)

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Very nice series, Gerardo!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Mar 30, 2013
Submitted on Mar 30, 2013

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