Tyrannus dominicensis

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Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: tropical lowland evergreen forest, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands, tropical lowland evergreen forest, mangrove forests, arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub • Maximum Elevation: 900 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -338 meters (-1,108 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats : 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 1.7 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Biology

Diet

Primarily insects, with some fruit.:

Reproduction

• Nest Location: Mid-story/canopy nesting
• Nest Type: Open-cup
• Clutch Size: 2-4

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 29-Nov-2006.

Similar Species

Eastern Kingbird

Members of the genus Tyrannus

There are approximately 51 species in this genus:

T. albogularis (White-Throated Kingbird) · T. antillarum · T. carolinensis · T. caudifasciatus (Loggerhead Kingbird) · T. caudifasciatus bahamensis · T. caudifasciatus caudifasciatus (Loggerhead Kingbird) · T. caudifasciatus caymanensis · T. caudifasciatus flavescens · T. caudifasciatus gabbii · T. caudifasciatus jamaicensis · T. caudifasciatus taylori · T. couchii (Thornscrub Kingbird) · T. crassirostris (Thick-Billed Kingbird) · T. crassirostris crassirostris (Thick-Billed Kingbird) · T. crassirostris pompalis · T. crinitus · T. cubensis (Cuban Flycatcher) · T. dominicensis (Gray Kingbird) · T. dominicensis dominicensis (Gray Kingbird) · T. dominicensis vorax · T. forficata (Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher) · T. forficatus (Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher) · T. griseus · T. intrepidus · T. melancholicus (Lichtenstein's Kingbird) · T. melancholicus chloronotus (Tropical Kingbird) · T. melancholicus couchi (Tropical Kingbird) · T. melancholicus couchii · T. melancholicus despotes · T. melancholicus melancholicus (Lichtenstein's Kingbird) · T. melancholicus occidentalis (Tropical Kingbird) · T. melancholicus satrapa · T. melanocholicus · T. monachus · T. niveigularis (Snowy-Throated Kingbird) · T. pipiri · T. rostratus · T. rufinus · T. savana (Fork-Tailed Flycatcher) · T. savana circumdatus · T. savana monachus · T. savana sanctaemartae · T. savana savana (Fork-Tailed Flycatcher) · T. savana tyrannus · T. savanna · T. sulfuratus · T. tyrannus (Eastern Kingbird) · T. verticalis (Arkansas Flycatcher) · T. verticalus · T. vociferans (Cassin's Flycatcher) · T. vociferans vociferans (Cassin's Flycatcher)

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Further Reading

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• A manual of North American birds. By Robert Ridgway. Illustrated by 464 outline drawings of the generic characters. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1887. ENG url p. 329.
• A naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12 1861 - June 25, 1891; a memorial volume, ed., with a biographical introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn. New York, The Columbia university press[c1910] ENG url p. 57.
• A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada, by Thomas Nuttall. Boston, Little, Brown, 1903. ENG url p. 414, p. 429.
• A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America. By Thomas Nuttall. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1896. ENG url p. 414.
• Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
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• Asteroid notes. Northfield, Minn, Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1934-1950. ENG url p. 214.
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• Bird guide: land birds east of the Rockies from parrots to bluebirds / by Chester A. Reed. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1916, c1909. ENG url p. 43.
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• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. ENG url p. 138, p. 139.
• Fauna of New England, 11: list of the aves / by Glover M. Allen. Boston: Society of Natural History, 1909. ENG url p. 126.
• Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. ENG url p. 126.
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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 07, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
• Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 07, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3845823
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178281
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13851940
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178280
• IUCN ID: 50069
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPAE52070
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178173

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 1,058.920 based on 1,631 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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