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title: "Grote kiskadie"
description: "Pitangus sulphuratus — Vogels. The great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/great-kiskadee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grote kiskadie

> Pitangus sulphuratus — Vogels. The great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

- Scientific name: *Pitangus sulphuratus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 83594
- Wikidata: [Q202804](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202804)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16956](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16956)

## Names

- en: Great Kiskadee
- de: Schwefeltyrann
- es: Bienteveo Común
- fr: Tyran quiquivi
- nl: Grote kiskadie
- pt: Grande-kiskadi
- pl: Bentewi wielki

## Countries with the most observations

MX (24549), BR (14258), AR (12497), CR (7138), US (6900), CO (5424), PA (1508), BZ (758), HN (747), UY (676), BO (529), SV (495)

## Summary

The great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is the only member of the genus Pitangus. It breeds in open woodland with some tall trees, including cultivation and around human habitation. It is found from the extreme southern United States south to Argentina. It was introduced to Bermuda in 1957, and to Tobago in about 1970.

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

## Photo

![Grote kiskadie](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-kiskadee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/310913377

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-kiskadee?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).