Couch's Kingbird Photo Gallery
Large flycatcher with a heavy bill and a long tail. Note gray head with slightly darker ear patch and whitish throat.
© Greg Lasley / Macaulay LibraryTexas, January 20, 2018Large flycatcher with a bright yellow belly and a long, notched tail. Often perches conspicuously in shrubby areas, clearings in tropical forests, and some rural and suburban areas.
© Amresh Vaidya / Macaulay LibraryVirginia, November 28, 2020Best told from Tropical Kingbird by its call, a single "pik" or an intensifying, "pik-pik-pikweer," both with a nasal quality.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryTexas, January 01, 2001Not all videos have soundBright yellow below with a gray head and darker ear patch. Note long, notched tail.
© Greg Lasley / Macaulay LibraryTexas, January 20, 2018Compare with Similar Species
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