Pitangus sulphuratus

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,530 meters (0 to 8,301 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.7     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.6     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Biology

Diet

Mostly insects, fish, fruit.

Reproduction

• Nest Location: Mid-story/canopy nesting
• Clutch Size: 2-5

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 29-Nov-2006

Similar Species

The Great Kiskadee is instantly recognizable.

Members of the genus Pitangus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. lictor (Lesser Kiskadee) · P. lictor lictor (Lesser Kiskadee) · P. sulphuratus (Lord Derby's Flycatcher) · P. sulphuratus sulphuratus (Great Kiskadee) · P. sulphuratus texanus (Great Kiskadee)

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Further Reading

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• A naturalist in Brazil; the record of a year's observation of her flora, her fauna, and her people, by Konrad Guenther. .. translated by Bernard Miall. .. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. url p. 376, p. 398.
• Agricultural news. Bridgetown, Barbados, Bowen & sons;1902-22. url p. 440.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 605.
• Annotated checklist of bird and mammal species of Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu National Park, Peru / John W. Terborgh, John W. Fitzpatrick, Louise Emmons. 21 1984 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1984. url table 2 , p. 23.
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Notes

Contributors

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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 12, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• Senckenberg: Collection Aves (bird skeletons)
• Senckenberg: Collection Aves (bird skins)
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2620
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-712694
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2478838
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178301
• IUCN ID: 233297
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPAE45020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178169

Footnotes

1. Mean = 254.750 meters (835.794 feet), Standard Deviation = 577.940 based on 4,978 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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