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Tyrannus melancholicus
Spotted on Apr 16, 2011
Submitted on Mar 8, 2012
3 Comments
I agree, #2 looks more like TK, assuming I see the same grayish head you saw. So you might separate the 2 spotting.
You are right, the stripe is strong black.
What do you think about the other photo? I thought that the bird in the second photo was the same, since I didn't take them far apart. I wasn't using a zoom, so it is harder to see, but the bird's crown on the second photo looks grey to me. The images that I found on internet on the Great Kiskadee show a black crown.
I am wondering if this is not a Great Kiskadee. Tropical Kingbird would not have such a strong black "stripe" (only slim and grayish). What do you think?