Eastern Kingbird

Eastern kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
Identification Tips:
Length: 6.75 inches
Large head
Often feeds by flying out to catch insects and then returning to the same perch ...

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Length: about 6.5".
Photographed on May 23, 2005, along the refuge's Wildlife Loop (map) at the edge of Snow Goose Pool.

Eastern Kingbird
Adult
Similar Species
Gray Kingbird is similar, but shows a dark mask on its otherwise lighter head, is paler gray on the back, and lacks the white tail tip.

Eastern Kingbird
Relatives in same Genus
Western Kingbird (T. verticalis) ...

Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
The Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) is familiar to observers over most of the United States. It is a breeding resident over much of North America except for the American Southwest.

Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Order - Passeriformes; Family - Tyrannidae ...

Eastern Kingbird
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Eastern Kingbird
(Tyrannus tyrannus)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Likely but not confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed ...

Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus)
Status Fairly common in summer. Breeds. In recent years the vanguard of this species seems to have been arriving earlier.

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) ...

Eastern Kingbirds are fond of bees.
Gray Kingbirds are found along Gulf coastal areas.
name area season diet/native food plants
Great Crested
Flycatcher ...

Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus. Breeder. Common in spring, summer, and fall in all regions.

The Eastern Kingbird is a common Brown-headed Cowbird host. However, while birds of many other species raise the cowbird young instead of or in addition to their own young, the Eastern Kingbird almost always recognizes the Cowbird egg as an intruder, ...

Other flycatching birds, such as eastern phoebes (Sayornis phoebe), eastern wood-pewees (Cantopus virens), eastern kingbirds (Tyrannus tyrannus), tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), southern rough-winged swallows (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis), ...

THE TYRANT FLYCATCHER.--KING-BIRD.
[Eastern Kingbird.]
MUSCICAPA TYRANNUS, Linn.
[Tyrannus tyrannus.] ...

(22.5 cm) eastern kingbird is typical of the kingbird group; it has a dark back, white breast, and white-tipped tail. Kingbirds are also called bee martins, though they actually prefer other insects.

- 3 Salisbury Red-necked Phalarope - 5 All seen at the Isles flying by Bonaparte's Gull - 162 12 immatures, one flock of 150 in a feeding frenzy Roseate Tern - 4 Common Tern - 50+ Black Guillemot - 1 Immature at Lunging Island Eastern Kingbird - 3 ...

Turdus pilaris (Fieldfare)
Turdus torquatus (Ring Ouzel)
Turdus viscivorus (Mistle Thrush)
Tyrannus tyrannus (Eastern Kingbird)
Vidua paradisaea (Eastern Paradise Whydah)
Promerops cafer (Cape Sugarbird) ...

See also: Kingbird, Flycatcher, Perch, Eastern Phoebe, Phoebe