Gray Kingbird
Tyrannus dominicensis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 6,186
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Gray kingbird”.