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ForestCup nestSmall · 46 g
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Adults have a gray head with slightly darker cheeks; a dark unforked tail with a buffy fringe and gray-olive underparts. They have a pale throat and deep yellow lower breast. Juveniles are duller and have pale edges on their wings. Measurements: Length: 8.3–9.1 in (21–23 cm) Weight: 1.6 oz (45 g) Wingspan: 41 cm Cassin's kingbird and the western kingbird are similar in appearance. Cassin's is a little larger than the western and the upper parts are a darker gray than the western.
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When to see the Cassin's Kingbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Cassin's Kingbird
The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Canada.
About the Cassin's Kingbird
Cassin's kingbird is a large tyrant flycatcher native to western North America. The name of this bird commemorates the American ornithologist John Cassin.
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Easily confused with
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusAdult birds have pale gray heads and upper parts, light underparts, salmon-pink flanks and undertail coverts, and dark gray wings.
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensisThe adult gray kingbird is an average-sized kingbird.
Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaThe fork-tailed flycatcher is white below, gray above, and has a black cap.
Side by side: Cassin's Kingbird vs Eastern Kingbird · Cassin's Kingbird vs Tropical Kingbird · Cassin's Kingbird vs Western Kingbird · Cassin's Kingbird vs Scissor-tailed Flycatcher · Cassin's Kingbird vs Grey Kingbird · Cassin's Kingbird vs Fork-tailed Flycatcher
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