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Tyrannus melancholicus
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.
This bird was perched on the rigging of a catamaran in a marina at Robert's Grove, Belize.
Spotted on Oct 19, 2013
Submitted on Nov 1, 2013
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