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Vagrant to Cuba, Panama, St Pierre and Miquelon (P).

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. Phylogenetic analyses indicate a clade is formed with Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), to which Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans) is basal, within an "eastern and western species group" that also includes Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) and perhaps Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) and/or Giant Kingbird (Tyrannus cubensis). It has been suggested, on basis of similarities in voice and certain aspects of behaviour, that it may be closest to Couch's Kingbird (Tyrannus couchii), Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans) and Thick-billed Kingbird (Tyrannus crassirostris) but this is not yet fully evaluated with molecular data.


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