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title: "Tropical Kingbird"
description: "Tyrannus melancholicus — Birds. The tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) is a large tyrant flycatcher."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/tropical-kingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tropical Kingbird

> Tyrannus melancholicus — Birds. The tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) is a large tyrant flycatcher.

- Scientific name: *Tyrannus melancholicus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 64114
- Wikidata: [Q1273578](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1273578)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16787](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16787)

## Names

- en: Tropical Kingbird
- de: Trauerkönigstyrann
- es: Tirano Pirirí
- fr: Tyran mélancolique
- nl: Tropische koningstiran
- pt: Suiriri
- pl: Tyran melancholijny

## Countries with the most observations

MX (11893), CO (8160), BR (7807), CR (5126), AR (4398), PA (3385), EC (3031), US (2841), PE (1947), BO (954), HN (778), SV (637)

## Summary

The tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southern Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States through Central America, South America as far as south as central Argentina and eastern Peru, and on Trinidad and Tobago. Birds from the northernmost and southern breeding areas migrate to warmer parts of the range after breeding.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_kingbird

## Photo

![Tropical Kingbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tropical-kingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136990265

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tropical-kingbird?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).