Loggerhead Kingbird

Tyrannus caudifasciatusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Codes: Common Name: LOKI Scientific Name: TYRCAU ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178290

Breeding Location:

Forests

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Casual

Egg Color:

Creamy buff or pink with brown and purple blotches

Number of Eggs:

3 - 5

Incubation Days:

15 - 16

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Twigs, grasses, stem, bark, and plant fibers.

Migration:

Nonmigratory

General

Loggerhead Kingbird: Large flycatcher with olive-brown upperparts, dark head with inconspicuous yellow crown patch, white underparts, and pale yellow wash on lower belly. Wings are brown-black with white edges; tail is brown-black with buff-edged tip. Feet and legs are black.

Range and Habitat

Loggerhead Kingbird: Resident in northern Bahama Islands and Greater Antilles; rare vagrant to southern Florida. Inhabits open woodlands.

Breeding and Nesting

Loggerhead Kingbird: Three to five creamy buff or pink eggs with brown and purple blotches are laid in a cup nest made of twigs, grass, stems, bark, and plant fibers, lined with plant down, moss, horsehair, and other plant materials, and built on a horizontal branch 8 to 25 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 15 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Loggerhead Kingbird: Eats insects, berries, and lizards. Often sits quietly, sallying to catch flying insects and then returning to perch to eat.

Readily Eats

Meal Worms

Vocalization

Loggerhead Kingbird: Call is a loud, rolling "treeeerrp."

Similar Species

Loggerhead Kingbird: Western Kingbird is smaller, has much smaller bill, dark gray back, gray wash on breast, and black tail with wide, white terminal band.

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Loggerhead Kingbird

Loggerhead Kingbird: Large flycatcher, olive-brown upperparts, dark head with inconspicuous yellow crown patch, white underparts, and pale yellow wash on lower belly. Wings are brown-black with white edges; tail is brown-black with buff-edged tip. Feeds on insects, berries and lizards.

● Song: "treeeerrp"

● Foraging & Feeding: Loggerhead Kingbird: Eats insects, berries, and lizards. Often sits quietly, sallying to catch flying insects and then returning to perch to eat.

● Breeding & nesting: Loggerhead Kingbird: Three to five creamy buff or pink eggs with brown and purple blotches are laid in a cup nest made of twigs, grass, stems, bark, and plant fibers, lined with plant down, moss, horsehair, and other plant materials, and built on a horizontal branch 8 to 25 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 15 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Loggerhead Kingbird: Western Kingbird is smaller, has much smaller bill, dark gray back, gray wash on breast, and black tail with wide, white terminal band.

Flight Pattern

Alternates several rapid shallow wing beats with short periods of wings pulled to sides.

Loggerhead Kingbird Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Loggerhead Kingbird: Resident in northern Bahama Islands and Greater Antilles; rare vagrant to southern Florida. Inhabits open woodlands.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationCasual

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight1.5 Ounces

Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Belly

The ventral part of the bird, or the area between the flanks on each side and the crissum and breast. Flight muscles are located between the belly and the breast.

Crown

The crown is the top part of the birds head.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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