Thick-billed Kingbird

Tyrannus crassirostris Swainson, 1826

Thick-billed Kingbird, Tyrannus crassirostris, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family that breeds from south-west USA through Middle America to Guatemala. It is a bird of streams and rivers with open floodplains in the United States, and farther south it occurs in tropical deciduous forest, riparian areas, and, in the far south, arid scrubland. It reaches 2,000 m in elevation. The species is partly migratory, with some populations moving south after breeding while others remain in Mexico year-round. It takes insects, other arthropods and some fruit, and catches prey in the air from a perch.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Breeding range

North America, Middle America: sw USA to Guatemala