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

Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis

Described by: Say (1823)
Alternate common name(s): Arkansas Kingbird
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Fort DeSoto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida, USA - Nov 17, 2006 © William Hull  Fort DeSoto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida, USA - Nov 17, 2006 © William Hull  Fort DeSoto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida, USA - Nov 17, 2006 © William Hull  Saint Clair Township, Butler County, Ohio, USA - Jul 16, 2002 © Joseph W. Hammond  Colorado, USA - Date unknown © Steve Messick 
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Range

Sw. Canada, w. United States, and n. Mexico;
Sw. Canada (cs. British Columbia, s. Alberta, c. and s. Saskatchewan, s. Manitoba), w. United States (w. and s. Minnesota s. to s. Arizona, s. New Mexico, s. and sc. Texas) to nw. Mexico (n. Baja, Sonora, nw. Chihuahua). Sporadically e. to s. Ontario, w. and sw. Wisconsin, sw. Illinois, w. Missouri, w. Arkansas and sw. Louisiana.
Winters s. along the Pacific slope of s. Mexico (s. Jalisco and Guerrero to s. Chiapas), s. Guatemala, El Salvador, sw. Honduras, w. Nicaragua and Costa Rica (Terraba region).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: The Royal British Columbia Museum
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
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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