White-throated Kingbird
Tyrannus albogularis
Large flycatcher that occupies a variety of habitats, from forest edges to open areas and pastures, to woodlands and urban areas; can appear almost anywhere on migration. It has a light gray head contrasting with a dark mask and white throat. The breast and belly is yellow, the back olive-green, and the wings dark. Similar to Tropical Kingbird, but with a paler head and a more contrasting mask and throat. The call is sharp trill “tic-tic-tic.”
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Tyrannus albogularis
- Authority
- Burmeister, 1856
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Tyrannus
Range and habitat
The white-throated kingbird is a species of the mostly eastern Amazon Basin as a resident species; it is a non-breeding migratory resident into the western Amazon Basin, during the austral winter. Its range expands eastwards to the cerrado (where it is a passage migrant in the northern part) and northwards into the Guiana Shield excepted the coastal region (east toward Marajó Island).
- Migration
- Complete migrants
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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