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What the Snowy-throated Kingbird sounds like
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The snowy-throated kingbird is 18.5 to 19 cm (7.3 to 7.5 in) long; one male weighed 34.4 g (1.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a gray crown and nape with a partially hidden yellow patch in the center of the crown. They have a thin black band on the forecrown and lores that widens into a mask to the ear coverts. Their upperparts are mostly pale gray with more olive on the lower back and rump. Their wings are dusky with whitish edges on the coverts and secondaries. Their tail is blackish with a square tip. Voice: The snowy-throated kingbird's dawn song is "a fast and jumbled ki-ki-ki-kr-reé-it!" and its call "a sharp kip! that can be extended into a kip! kr-r-r-ee-ee-ee".
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When to see the Snowy-throated Kingbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Snowy-throated Kingbird
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Snowy-throated Kingbird
The snowy-throated kingbird is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
White-throated KingbirdTyrannus albogularisThe white-throated kingbird is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 35 to 38 g (1.2 to 1.3 oz).
Giant KingbirdTyrannus cubensisThe giant kingbird is the largest member of genus Tyrannus.
Thick-billed KingbirdTyrannus crassirostrisThe thick-billed kingbird is about 25 cm (9.8 in) long and weighs about 52 to 59 g (1.8 to 2.1 oz).
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