White-throated Kingbird

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 extends southeastwards into the cerrado of southeast Brazil.

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Original source: Dario Sanches from SÃO PAULO, BRASIL
Author: Dario Sanches from SÃO PAULO, BRASIL

The White-throated Kingbird is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The White-throated Kingbird (Tyrannus albogularis) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, and in the Guianas of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It eats insects and small frogs. Contents - * 1 Distribution * 1. More

White-throated Kingbird determination Similar species Tyrannidae Amazonian Royal Flycatcher | Bearded Tachuri | Black-capped Becard | Black-chested Tyrant | Black-crowned Tityra | Black-tailed Tityra | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Boat-billed Tody-Tyrant | Bran-coloured Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Cinereous Becard | Cinereous Mourner | Cinnamon Attila | Cinnamon-crested Spadebill | Cliff Flycatcher | Common Tody-Flycatcher | Double-banded Pygmy-tyrant | Drab Water-Tyrant More

* White-throated Kingbird, Tyrannus albogularis * Tropical Kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus * Couch's Kingbird, Tyrannus couchii * Cassin's Kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans * Thick-billed Kingbird, Tyrannus crassirostris * Western Kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis * Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus * Gray Kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis * Loggerhead Kingbird, Tyrannus caudifasciatus * Giant Kingbird, Tyrannus cubensis More

White-throated Kingbird videos on the Internet Bird Collection White-throated Kingbird photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res; Article arthurgrosset Photo-High Res; Photo no. 2 of 3; Article-2 & synopsis arthurgrosset–"South American Birds" Photo-High Res; Article www.ib.usp.br–"Tyrannidae" Didn't find what you were looking for. Need more information for your travel research or homework? Ask your questions at the forum about Birds of Bolivia or help others to find answers. More

White-throated Kingbird Tyrannus albogularis = Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - Aug, 2004 More

White-throated Kingbird is said to be like Tropical Kingbird (Hilty and Brown 1986, Hilty 2003), but are "higher, thinner, and delivered faster, hence soud squeaky (Hilty 2003). Snowy-throated is described as a "thin twittering" (Hilty and Brown 1986) or "shorter and direr than comparable calls of Tropical Kingbird, including a sharp "kip!" that can be extending into a "kip! krr-ee-ee-ee"... (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001). More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Tyrannidae
Genus : Tyrannus
Species : albogularis
Authority : Burmeister, 1856