Loggerhead kingbird
| Loggerhead kingbird | |
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| In Camagüey Province, Cuba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Tyrannus |
| Species: | T. caudifasciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tyrannus caudifasciatus d'Orbigny, 1839
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The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) is a
Tyrannidae
.
Distribution and habitat
It is found in throughout the
montane forest
.
Description
This large kingbird measures 23 cm (9.1 in) long. It is dark grey above and white below. The head is black while the throat and cheeks are white. Like many kingbird species, the loggerhead possesses an orange or yellow crown patch, but it is well concealed and rarely visible in the field. The tail is squared and ends with a buffy-white band.[2]
Diet
It feeds on flying insects, small fruit and berries, and small lizards.[2]
Gallery
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In Jamaica -
In Jamaica -
![In Cuba[3]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/INaturalist_Loggerhead_Kingbird.jpg/120px-INaturalist_Loggerhead_Kingbird.jpg)
In Cuba[3]
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![In Cuba[3]](/File:INaturalist_Loggerhead_Kingbird.jpg)
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8014-8631-9.
- ^ "Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)". 2 February 2019.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tyrannus caudifasciatus.
Wikispecies has information related to Tyrannus caudifasciatus.
- BirdLife species factsheet for Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- "Tyrannus caudifasciatus". Avibase.
- "Loggerhead kingbird media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Loggerhead kingbird photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Loggerhead kingbird species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- Interactive range map of Tyrannus caudifasciatus at IUCN Red List maps
- Audio recordings of Loggerhead kingbird on Xeno-canto.
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