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Tropical Kingbird
Esteban Poveda, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Songbirds & other perching birds

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishTropical Kingbird
DutchTropische Koningstiran
SpanishTirano Pirirí
Chinese热带王霸鹟
Scientific nameTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819

About this species

The tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southern Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States through Central America, South America as far as south as central Argentina and eastern Peru, and on Trinidad and Tobago. Birds from the northernmost and southern breeding areas migrate to warmer parts of the range after breeding.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrannidae
GenusTyrannus

In Suriname

4,162Records in Suriname
82iNaturalist observations
1898First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para969
  • Paramaribo942
  • Sipaliwini905
  • Commewijne719
  • Brokopondo180
  • Nickerie159
  • Wanica73
  • Saramacca48
  • Coronie16
  • Marowijne14

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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