Loggerhead kingbird

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Species of bird

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| name = Loggerhead kingbird | image = Tyrannus caudifasciatus -Camaguey Province, Cuba-8 (2).jpg | image_caption = In Camagüey Province, Cuba | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | genus = Tyrannus | species = caudifasciatus | authority = d'Orbigny, 1839 | range_map = Tyrannus caudifasciatus map.svg

The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) is a species of sub-oscine passerine bird belonging to the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. This species is found in wooded habitats in the islands of the northern Caribbean, with records of vagrants from Florida.

Taxonomy

The loggerhead kingbird was first formally described in 1839 by the French naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny with its type locality given as Cuba. This species is classified within the genus Tyrannus within the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant or New World flycatchers. The Tyrannidae are placed within the parvorder Tyrannides within the order Passeriformes, the perching birds.

Subspecies

The loggerhead kingbird is subdivided into the following subspecies:

The Puerto Rican subspecies, T. c. taylori, has been proposed as a separate species, the Puerto Rican kingbird (T. taylori).

Description

The loggerhead kingbird has a length of 24 to, and is a large species of kingbird with a heavy bill. It is two-toned dark upper parts and lighter underparts. The head, apart from the throat, is black with an orange patch on the topmost part of the crown which is rarely seen. The upperparts are gray and the underparts are lighter in color. In most populations there is a grayish band at the end of the tail, although this can be white.

Distribution and habitat

The loggerhead kingbird is found in throughout the northern West Indies, in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Its natural habitats are woodlands, pine and broad-leafed forest, shade coffee palntations, mangroves and open park-like habitats. It can be found from the coast to into the lower parts of mountainous areas.

Biology

The loggerhead kingbird feeds on flying insects, small fruit and berries, and small lizards. The clutch size is 2–4 eggs, except Jamaica where 4–5 eggs was the average. The adults are very aggressive towards other birds invading their territories and this may be why shiny cowbird (molothurus bonairensis) nest parasitism was not recorded for this species. It is a sedentary species, unlike the related gray kingbird (T. dominicensis) and it will move into the preferred habitat of the gray kingbird when the latter migrates away from the islands in winter.

Gallery

File:Loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus jamaicensis).jpg|In Jamaica File:Loggerhead Kingbird RWD1.jpg|In Jamaica File:INaturalist Loggerhead Kingbird.jpg|In Cuba

References

References

  1. BirdLife International. (2016). "''Tyrannus caudifasciatus''".
  2. (2014). "Rare Birds of North America". Princeton University Press.
  3. Jan N I. Ohlson. (2013). "Phylogeny and classification of the New World suboscines (Aves, Passeriformes)". Zootaxa.
  4. "Loggerhead Kingbird ''Tyrannus caudifasciatus'' d'Orbigny, ACVMD 1839".
  5. Herbert Raffaele. (2003). "Birds of the West Indies". Christopher Helm.
  6. "Loggerhead Kingbird ''Tyrannus caudifasciatus''". [[Cornell Lab of Ornithology]].
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  9. James W. Wiley. (2010). "Natural History Notes on the Loggerhead Kingbird (''Tyrannus caudifasciatus'')". Journal of Caribbean Ornithology.
  10. (2 February 2019). "Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)".
  11. (2000). "Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba". Comstock, Cornell University Press.

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