Loggerhead kingbird

Loggerhead kingbird
File:Tyrannus caudifasciatus -Camaguey Province, Cuba-8 (2).jpg
In Camagüey Province, Cuba
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Tyrannus
Species:	T. caudifasciatus
Binomial name
Tyrannus caudifasciatus D'Orbigny, 1839

The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.

It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and, very rarely, in the United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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.

Diet

It feeds on flying insects, small fruit and berries, and small lizards.

• Loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus jamaicensis).jpg

  In Jamaica

• Loggerhead Kingbird RWD1.jpg

  In Jamaica

External links

• BirdLife species factsheet for Tyrannus caudifasciatus
• Tyrannus caudifasciatus on Avibase
• Loggerhead kingbird videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
• Loggerhead kingbird photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
• Loggerhead kingbird species account at NeotropicalBirds (Cornell University)

• Interactive range map of Tyrannus caudifasciatus at IUCN Red List maps
• Audio recordings of Loggerhead kingbird on Xeno-canto.