Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Tyrant Flycatchers :: Tropical Kingbird

Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus

Described by: Vieillot (1819)
Alternate common name(s): West Mexican Kingbird, Heine's Kingbird
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico - Dec 29, 2002 © William Hull  Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico - Dec 27, 2002 © William Hull  Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico - Dec 27, 2002 © William Hull  Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico - Dec 27, 2002 © William Hull  Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico - Dec 27, 2002 © William Hull 
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Range

Sw. United States through Central America and tropical South America;
(1) Sw. United States (se. Arizona) and Mexico (Sonora, e. San Luis Potosi and s. Tamaulipas s. along both slopes including Yucatan and Tres Marias Is.) through Central America to Panama, n. Colombia, n. Venezuela and from the Netherland Antilles e. to Trinidad, Tobago and Grenada.
(2) Ne. Brazil.
(3) Tropical South America in Guyana, Surinam, Guiana, Brazil (Bahia (Chapada Diamantina)), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay to c. Argentina.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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