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title: "Western Kingbird"
description: "Tyrannus verticalis — Uccelli. The western kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) is a large tyrant flycatcher found throughout western North America, as far south as Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/western-kingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Western Kingbird

> Tyrannus verticalis — Uccelli. The western kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) is a large tyrant flycatcher found throughout western North America, as far south as Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Tyrannus verticalis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 42159
- Wikidata: [Q673149](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673149)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16791](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16791)

## Names

- en: Western Kingbird
- de: Arkansastyrann
- es: Tirano pálido
- fr: Tyran de l'ouest
- nl: Arkansaskoningstiran
- pl: Tyran zachodni

## Countries with the most observations

US (32077), MX (2787), CA (1743), HN (110), SV (71), GT (54), NI (47), CR (35)

## Summary

The western kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) is a large tyrant flycatcher found throughout western North America, as far south as Mexico.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Elin Pierce · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125686957

## Machine access

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