Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
White-throated Kingbird (Tyrannus albogularis) - HBW 9, p. 419
French: Tyran à gorge blanche
German: Weißkehl-Königstyrann
Spanish: Tirano Gorgiblanco
Taxonomy: Tyrannus albogularis Burmeister, 1856, Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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; present species may belong to a clade within the “tropical assemblage” that also includes T. couchii and T. savana, although relationships among these three .. 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; present species may belong to a clade within the “tropical assemblage” that also includes T. couchii and T. savana, although relationships among these three species uncertain. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds from extreme SE Venezuela (SE Bolívar) and the Guianas S through much of C Brazil (Pará, Amapá and Tocantins S to Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Minas Gerais and W Bahia) to N Boliva (Beni, N Santa Cruz); migrates W across Amazonia (W to extreme SE Colombia, E Ecuador and E Peru).
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A bird on a trunk Locality Girardot, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Pere Sugranyes 2005 6 years ago 28 sec 4.5 -
A bird resting on a trunk Locality Girardot, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Pere Sugranyes 2005 6 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A bird calling on a branch, under the rain Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 4 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched and looking around Locality Siberia, Cauca Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Pere Sugranyes 31 October 2006 4 years ago 15 sec 4.2 -
This video confirms the migratory pattern of the species in S Venezuela. Locality Bolívar State, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 16 August 2010 1 year ago 37 sec 4 -
A bird on a branch, looking around and calling, at the end Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 4 years ago 21 sec 3.9
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A bird perched
Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 31 July 2004 2 years ago 3.5 -
Perched bird over water lily lagoon
Locality Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Dave Rintoul 27 May 2010 47 weeks ago 3.3
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