Cassin's Kingbird
Tyrannus vociferans
Aves
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 3-5 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Pair
- Biome
- Temperate woodland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Flight
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Common
About
A large, bold tyrant flycatcher of western North America, Cassin's Kingbird is notorious for aggressively dive-bombing hawks and ravens many times its own size to defend its territory. Its bright lemon-yellow belly contrasts sharply with a dark gray chest, making it one of the most visually striking flycatchers in its range.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
- 2.hatchlingA pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
- 4.adultFully grown with adult plumage and song.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Tyrannus
- Species
- Tyrannus vociferans