Credit: Laura Gooch
North American field guide
Loggerhead Kingbird
Tyrannus caudifasciatus
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23 cm (9") Rare. Southern Florida; visits from West Indies.
Black head. Olive-gray back. Long thick bill. White underparts. Yellowish on belly and undertail coverts. Buffy tipped tail.
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CLÉRIGO acicalándose (Loggerhead Kingbird, Tyrannus caudifasciatus taylori) ENDÉMICA del CARIBE
Credit: AvesPuertoRicoBird Advisor Identification rules 1 variant · 1 rule
These are the observation paths the Bird Advisor can use to identify this species. Each rule is an alternative match.
Loggerhead Kingbird
1 ruleRule 1 18 criteria · confidence 1
- What SIZE was the TAIL ?
- Short · Medium · Long · Unknown
- What SHAPE was the TAIL ?
- Square or slightly notched at the end · Rounded at the end · Forked · Unknown
- What colour TAIL PATTERN was there if any ?
- Light outer edge or corners · Light band at the tip · None · Unknown
- What colour was the TAIL ?
- Orange, buff (orange-yellow), or tan · Brown, brownish red, cinnamon · Gray, or blue-gray · Black, purple, or dark · Unknown
- What colour was the BACK ?
- Olive (yellowish-green) · Brown, or chestnut (reddish-brown) · Gray, or blue-gray · Black, purple, or dark · Unknown
- What colour was the BELLY ?
- White, or pale (grayish-white) · Yellow · Olive (yellowish-green) · Unknown
- What colour PATTERN if any was shown on the BREAST ?
- Uniform color · Unknown
- What colour was the BREAST ?
- White, or pale (grayish-white) · Unknown
- What colour was the THROAT ?
- White, or pale (grayish-white) · Unknown
- What SHAPE was the BILL ?
- Straight and slender · Straight and thick · Conical and slender · Unknown
- What LENGTH was the BILL ?
- Medium · Long · Very long · Unknown
- What FACIAL or HEAD features were noted if any ?
- Light area running up the side of the neck or head · NONE of the above or a PLAIN unmarked FACE · Unknown
- What colour was the TOP of HEAD ?
- Yellow · Gray, or blue-gray · Black, purple, or dark · Unknown
- What was the predominant colour of the HEAD ?
- Gray, or blue-gray · Black, purple, or dark · Unknown
- How BIG was the bird ?
- Sparrow-sized · Robin-sized
- What TYPE of bird was seen ?
- Songbird (ground or perching bird)
- WHEN was the bird seen ?
- Spring · Summer · Fall
- WHERE was the bird seen ?
- Southeastern United States