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Eastern Kingbird
| Color: |
Gray, White |
| Size: |
8.5" |
| Season: |
Summer |
| Description: |
Dark above and white below. The head and tail are darker than the back. Note the white tail tip. |
| Voice: |
Buzzy sputtering notes ending in an emphatic descending kdik kdik kdik PIKa PIKa PIKa kzeeer.
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| Habitat: |
Fields with scattered trees and shrubs, orchards, and woodland edges. |
| Interesting Fact: |
Eastern Kingbirds and other flycatchers feed using a technique called sallying. They dart out from a perch to catch an insect on the wing or on the ground and then fly back to the same perch. |
| Scientific name: |
Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Order: |
Passeriformes |
| Family: |
Tyrannidae |
Adult Howard Eskin |
Adult feeding nestlings Clint Sowards |
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