🔍 Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus 🐤
📍 Seen in Alajuela, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
💬 Merlin ID describes this beautiful bird as ¨a large, ubiquitous yellow-bellied flycatcher found throughout most of Middle and South America, though tends to be uncommon in US (specifically north side)… a classic ¨telephone wire¨ bird along roadsides and in towns.¨
Also Known as:
Melancholic Tyrant
Size:
Length: 18 – 23 cm
Wingspan: 38 – 41 cm
Weight: 32 – 43 g
Coloration:
a gray head with a darker ear patch, grayish-olive upperparts, blackish-brown wings and tail, and a bright yellow breast and belly contrasted by a whitish throat
Life Span
6 years
The Cam Traveler 