Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Eastern Kingbird
The Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: breeds eastern North America; winters mainly western Amazon basinRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tyrannus tyrannus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Eastern Kingbird
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lanius tyrannus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- America septentrionali; restricted to South Carolina by Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 201.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.94
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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