Loggerhead Kingbird

Tyrannus caudifasciatusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

General

Loggerhead Kingbird: Large flycatcher with olive-brown upperparts, dark head with inconspicuous yellow crown patch, white underparts, and pale yellow wash on lower belly. Wings are brown-black with white edges; tail is brown-black with buff-edged tip. Feet and legs are black.

Range and Habitat

Loggerhead Kingbird: Resident in northern Bahama Islands and Greater Antilles; rare vagrant to southern Florida. Inhabits open woodlands.

Voice Text

"treeeerrp"

Interesting Facts

A Loggerhead Kingbird was spotted at Fort Zachary Taylor State Park in Key West, Florida on March 8. It was the first time the bird had been recorded anywhere in the United States.

A group of kingbirds are collectively known as a "coronation", "court", and "tyranny" of kingbirds.

Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Loggerhead Kingbird

Loggerhead Kingbird: Large flycatcher, olive-brown upperparts, dark head with inconspicuous yellow crown patch, white underparts, and pale yellow wash on lower belly. Wings are brown-black with white edges; tail is brown-black with buff-edged tip. Feeds on insects, berries and lizards.

● Song: "treeeerrp"

● Foraging & Feeding: Loggerhead Kingbird: Eats insects, berries, and lizards. Often sits quietly, sallying to catch flying insects and then returning to perch to eat.

● Breeding & nesting: Loggerhead Kingbird: Three to five creamy buff or pink eggs with brown and purple blotches are laid in a cup nest made of twigs, grass, stems, bark, and plant fibers, lined with plant down, moss, horsehair, and other plant materials, and built on a horizontal branch 8 to 25 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 15 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Loggerhead Kingbird: Western Kingbird is smaller, has much smaller bill, dark gray back, gray wash on breast, and black tail with wide, white terminal band.

Flight Pattern

Alternates several rapid shallow wing beats with short periods of wings pulled to sides.

Loggerhead Kingbird Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Loggerhead Kingbird: Resident in northern Bahama Islands and Greater Antilles; rare vagrant to southern Florida. Inhabits open woodlands.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationCasual

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight1.5 Ounces

Field Guide to Birds of North America