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Bird name:

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Codes: Common Name: GKIS Scientific Name: PITSUL ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178301

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Dark brown to hazel.
Head Pattern: Striped
Crown Color: Black and yellow.
Forehead Color: White
Nape Color: Black and white.
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 24-25 cm (9.5-10 in)
Weight: 60 g (2.1 oz)
Size: Size 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color: White, Black, Yellow
Underparts: Bright Yellow
Upperparts: Brown
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Slow fluttering direct flight with shallow wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 41 cm (16 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Red-brown
Under Tail: Red-brown
Leg Color: Black

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Great Kiskadee

Great Kiskadee: Large flycatcher with brown upperparts, white head with black cap and eye-line, and bright yellow underparts. Yellow crown patch is usually concealed. Wings and tail are chestnut-brown. Black bill, legs and feet. Slow fluttering direct flight with shallow wing beats.

● Song: "kiss-ka-dee", "cree-ah"

● Foraging & Feeding: Great Kiskadee: Feeds on variety of crawling and flying insects. Sallies to catch prey, often in mid-air, then returns to perch and beats the victim on the branch several times before eating. Also eats frogs, small lizards, baby birds, and mice.

● Breeding & nesting: Great Kiskadee: Two to five white eggs spotted with brown and lavender are laid in a bulky, domed nest with a side entrance made of grass, weeds, bark strips, moss, and other plant fibers, and built in a thorn tree or bush 6 to 50 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 13 to 15 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Great Kiskadee: None in range.

Flight Pattern

Slow fluttering direct flight with shallow wing beats.

● Range & Habitat: Great Kiskadee: Resident from extreme southern Texas (lower Rio Grande Valley) and southward. Preferred habitats include rivers, streams, and lakes bordered with dense vegetation; also found in open country and parks.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationFairly common

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight2.1 Ounces

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

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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