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title: "Gray Kingbird"
description: "Tyrannus dominicensis — Uccelli. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/gray-kingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gray Kingbird

> Tyrannus dominicensis — Uccelli. 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.

- Scientific name: *Tyrannus dominicensis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9981
- Wikidata: [Q945200](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q945200)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16798](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16798)

## Names

- en: Gray Kingbird
- de: Grautyrann
- es: Tirano gris
- fr: Tyran gris
- nl: Grijze koningstiran
- pt: Suiriri-cinza
- pl: Tyran szary

## Countries with the most observations

US (2209), PR (2153), DO (1015), MQ (431), GP (302), CO (296), CU (252), LC (199), BS (166), VI (159), AG (147), JM (141)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: ferferrari · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205330916

## Machine access

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