Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Text last updated March 9, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | tirà d'antifaç |
Dutch | Sneeuwkeelkoningstiran |
English | Snowy-throated Kingbird |
English (United States) | Snowy-throated Kingbird |
French | Tyran chimu |
French (France) | Tyran chimu |
German | Schneekehl-Königstyrann |
Japanese | ユキノドタイランチョウ |
Norwegian | inkakongetyrann |
Polish | tyran szarogrzbiety |
Russian | Белогорлый тиранн |
Serbian | Snežnogrla kraljevska tiranka |
Slovak | postriežkar krovinový |
Spanish | Tirano Gorjiníveo |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Tirano Goliníveo |
Spanish (Peru) | Tirano de Garganta Nívea |
Spanish (Spain) | Tirano gorjiníveo |
Swedish | snöstrupig kungstyrann |
Turkish | Karbeyazı Gerdanlı Tiran |
Ukrainian | Тиран сіроспинний |
Tyrannus niveigularis Sclater, 1860
Definitions
- TYRANNUS
- tyrannus
- niveigularis
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Introduction
Snowy-throated Kingbird is a striking, conspicuous flycatcher of the Pacific coast of northwestern South America. Found from southern coastal Colombia south to northwestern Peru, the species inhabits open areas and woodland edge below 500 m in elevation; this species also is partially migratory, which is somewhat surprising for a species with a small geographic range that is centered on the Equator. Snowy-throated Kingbird is gray above with a stout black bill, blackish wings edged in white, a black mask, and a white throat that blends into a bright yellow belly. The Snowy-throated Kingbird is smaller, paler below, and grayer-backed than the similar Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus), with which it overlaps geographically. Snowy-throated Kingbird also can be recognized by its sharp kip calls, which sometimes are strung together in an excited stutter.