Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Grey Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis) - HBW 9, p. 423
French: Tyran gris
German: Grauer Königstyrann
Spanish: Tirano Dominicano
Taxonomy: [Lanius Tyrannus] dominicensis J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Closest relatives of genus may be Empidonomus and Tyrannopsis; recent molecular-sequence data indicate present genus is monophyletic and sister-group to clade that includes Empidonomus and Griseotyrannus; two main clades within genus, loosely corresponding to “tropical species assemblage” and combination of “W” & “E” species groups of earlier authors, but with some exceptions. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that present species is sister to T. melancholicus, the two nested within an expanded “tropical species assemblage” as sister-group t.. View all taxonomy...
Closest relatives of genus may be Empidonomus and Tyrannopsis; recent molecular-sequence data indicate present genus is monophyletic and sister-group to clade that includes Empidonomus and Griseotyrannus; two main clades within genus, loosely corresponding to “tropical species assemblage” and combination of “W” & “E” species groups of earlier authors, but with some exceptions. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that present species is sister to T. melancholicus, the two nested within an expanded “tropical species assemblage” as sister-group to an unresolved clade consisting of T. albogularis, T. couchii and T. savana. Race vorax only weakly differentiated. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- dominicensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - breeds SE USA (SE North Carolina, Georgia, and SE Mississippi to Florida), Bahamas and Greater Antilles, and also locally in NC Venezuela (S to Apure), Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, Bonaire, and possibly N Colombia; winters from Panama S to C Colombia and S & E Venezuela.
- vorax Vieillot, 1819 - Lesser Antilles.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree singing Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp dominicensis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 6 years ago 30 sec 4.7 -
A bird perched on a branch, singing Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp dominicensis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2004 6 years ago 35 sec 4.6 -
A bird perched and singing Locality Puerto Rico (ssp dominicensis)
Juan Sanabria 31 July 2007 3 years ago 21 sec 4.3 -
Two birds on the top of a net, one of them flying away Locality Puerto Rico (ssp dominicensis)
Juan Sanabria 31 July 2007 3 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A bird singing on the top of a bush Locality Bahia Beach, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA (United States) (ssp dominicensis)
Luc Fazio 29 February 1992 3 years ago 11 sec 4 -
A bird singing on a wire Locality Puerto Rico (ssp dominicensis)
Juan Sanabria 31 July 2007 3 years ago 26 sec 4
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A bird perched on a branch
Locality Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
Piotr Jonczyk 11 March 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
Locally call Petrigre, chatch on flying.
Locality Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
rafaelarvelo 9 June 2010 41 weeks ago 4 -
Flying
Locality Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
rafaelarvelo 9 July 2010 41 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird perching on a wire
Locality Honeymoon Island State Park, Pinellas County, Florida, USA (United States)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 15 May 2007 2 years ago 3 -
Dorsal view of perched bird
Locality Grenada (ssp vorax)
Mikko Pyhälä 17 February 2009 2 years ago 3 -
perched on a snag waiting for insects to fly by
Locality Guánica Dry Forest Reserve, Guánica, Puerto Rico
Patrick Ellsworth 23 October 2007 17 weeks ago 2.9
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Calls of 2 birds in a chase Locality Nassau, New Providence Island, Bahamas
(ssp dominicensis)
Stuart Fisher 27 May 2010 1 year ago 4 -
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An adult singing on a tree branch. Adulto vocalizando sobre la rama de un árbol. Locality Caonillas Lake, Utuado, Puerto Rico
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 21 November 2009 2 years ago 3
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