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Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: TYRANNIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Tropical Kingbird Photo

© John Dunning / CLO

An extremely common and widespread bird of the American tropics, the Tropical Kingbird barely reaches the United States in south Texas and southern Arizona.

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Calls

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

Song a twittery "pip-pip-pip-pip."

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