Species: Tyrannus verticalis
Western Kingbird
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See Kaufman (1992, Am. Birds 46:323-326) for information on identification.
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Tyrannus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Tirano Pálido - tyran de l'Ouest
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Tyrannidae - Tyrannus
Ecology and Life History
See Kaufman (1992, Am. Birds 46:323-326) for information on identification.
Short General Description
A bird (flycatcher, kingbird).
Migration
false - false - true - Arrives on nesting grounds in U.S. late March through May (Terres 1980).
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Primarily insectivorous; feeds on wasps, beetles, moths, caterpillars, grasshoppers, true bugs. Also eats spiders, millipedes, and some fruit. May occasionally take tree frogs (Terres 1980). Catches insects in the air or on the ground.
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size 3-5 (often 4). Incubation 12-14 days. Nestlings tended by both parents. Two or more pairs may nest in same tree.
Ecology Comments
May drive hawks, crows, and jays away from nest. Foraging range at least 400 meters from nest (Hespenheide 1964).
Length
22
Weight
40
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-02
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-02
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDING: southwestern Canada south to northern Baja California and northwestern mainland of Mexico, and west-central Texas, and east to northwestern Ohio, rarely to north-central Missouri. NON-BREEDING: mainly from Mexico south to Costa Rica, and in small numbers in coastal southeastern U.S.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)