Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
24 - 26 cm

First Described (Guide)
d'Orbigny, 1839

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bahamas, Cayman Islands (B), Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica (B), Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) [XC256870]
by Jesse Fagan from Soplillar, Matanzas, Cuba (song)

Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) [XC426040]
by Nick Komar from Ecclesdown Road, Portland Parish, Jamaica (song)

Subspecies
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. There are two main clades within genus, loosely corresponding to "tropical species assemblage" and combination of "W" and "E" species groups of earlier authors, but with some exceptions. Affinities of present species uncertain. Probably closest to Giant Kingbird (Tyrannus cubensis). Phylogenetic analyses indicate it is either basal to remainder of the ingroup (Tyrannus in this case) taxa, or basal to monophyletic "eastern and western species assemblage" that includes Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans), Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis), Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus). Subspecies based mainly on insular distribution.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

bahamensis (Bryant, H, 1864) - Northern Bahamas (Grand Bahama, Abaco, Andros, New Providence).
caudifasciatus d'Orbigny, 1839 - Cuba (including several large cays in Sabana-Camag�ey and Jardines de la Reina Archipelago).
flavescens Parkes, 1963 - I of Pines, off south-western Cuba.
caymanensis (Nicoll, 1904) - Cayman Is.
jamaicensis (Chapman, 1892) - Jamaica.
gabbii (Lawrence, 1876) - Hispaniola.
taylori (Sclater, PL, 1864) - Puerto Rico (including Vieques).

References
See References.

Files:

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