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Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Notes:

With dark gray upperparts and a neat white tip to the tail, the Eastern Kingbird looks like it’s wearing a business suit. And this big-headed, broad-shouldered bird does mean business—just watch one harassing crows, Red-tailed Hawks, Great Blue Herons, and other birds that pass over its territory. Eastern Kingbirds often perch on wires in open areas and either sally out for flying insects or flutter slowly over the tops of grasses. They spend winters in South American forests, where they eat mainly fruit.

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4 Comments

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Ava, that scientific name sounds like this is the king of kingbirds:-)

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 10 years ago

This has to be one of the best binomial scientific names there is: Tyrannus tyrannus!

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Thanks Mark. I was lucky that this guy landed close by and started calling and displaying, even showing his "gel-tweaked prosthetic sagittal crest" :-)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

It's got one of those gel-tweaked prosthetic sagittal crests. (like some younger guys still have today) What a little toughie. That first shot is excellent.

Tom15
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Tom15

Harvard, Massachusetts, USA

Spotted on May 17, 2013
Submitted on May 18, 2013

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