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Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Tyrannus

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (trokin) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Tyrannus

Subspecies (3)

Tyrannus melancholicus despotes

northeastern Brazil (Amapá, Maranhão, and Ceará to Bahia)
Tyrannus melancholicus melancholicus

tropical northern South America to central Argentina and Brazil
Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa

central Tamaulipas to northern Colombia, northern Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (trokin) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.