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Gray Kingbird
Pitirre
Tyrannus dominicensis
The gray kingbird or grey kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis), also known as pitirre, petchary or white-breasted kingbird, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatchers family Tyrannidae. The species was first described on the island of Hispaniola, then called Santo Domingo, thus the dominicensis name.
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Sound recorded by GABRIEL LEITE · XC998936 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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About the Gray Kingbird
This atlas includes Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis) with atlas status “Native / natural occurrence” within scope “Avibase inferred core 380.” Global trait data associate it primarily with coastal; consult the linked records to resolve its Puerto Rico habitat use.
Conservation
Least Concern
IUCN LC
- Global IUCN
- LC
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- forests
- Elevation
- 0–500 m
- Nest
- Cup / bowl · Tree
- Clutch
- 2–5 eggs
- Social behavior
- Not resolved
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