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Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Photo by MAURO
Published on Project Noah
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Comments (3)
bayucca
I agree, #2 looks more like TK, assuming I see the same grayish head you saw. So you might separate the 2 spotting.
MAURO
You are right, the stripe is strong black. What do you think about the other photo? I thought that the bird in the second photo was the same, since I didn't take them far apart. I wasn't using a zoom, so it is harder to see, but the bird's crown on the second photo looks grey to me. The images that I found on internet on the Great Kiskadee show a black crown.
bayucca
I am wondering if this is not a Great Kiskadee. Tropical Kingbird would not have such a strong black "stripe" (only slim and grayish). What do you think?

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Mexico Horn of Plenty
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PublishedMarch 8, 2012

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