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Cassin's Kingbird

Tyrannus vociferans ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: TYRANNIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A large, noisy, and conspicuous flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico, the Cassin's Kingbird can be distinguished from the other yellow kingbirds by its dark gray head and chest, and the white tip to its black tail.

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Calls

  • song
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a low nasal "queer" or "chi-queer." Dawn song a set of raspy phrases.

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