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Tropical kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) is a species in the family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 37 g to 38 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Photo: Mdf · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the tropical kingbird

Weight
37 g – 38 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
human_modifiedsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
15.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3 – 3.2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tropical kingbird live?

Not recorded

What is the tropical kingbird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southern Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States through Central America, South America as far as south as central Argentina and eastern Peru, and on Trinidad and Tobago. Birds from the northernmost and southern breeding areas migrate to warmer parts of the range after breeding.

From the Wikipedia article “Tropical kingbird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tropical_kingbird&oldid=1380709404), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the tropical kingbird endangered?

The tropical kingbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the tropical kingbird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyTyrannidae
  6. genusTyrannus
  7. SpeciesTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819
Other names and names in other languages (48)
  • عصفور الملك المداريArabic
  • عصفور الملك المدارىEgyptian Arabic
  • tirà melancòlicCatalan
  • tyran tropickýCzech
  • teyrnaderyn trofannolWelsh
  • Tropisk KongetyranDanish
  • TrauerkönigstyrannGerman
  • TrauertyrannGerman
  • melankolia tiranoEsperanto
  • Benteveo realSpanish
  • PechiamarilloSpanish
  • PepiteSpanish
  • Sirirí comúnSpanish
  • Suirirí realSpanish
  • Tirano melancólicoSpanish
  • Tirano PiriríSpanish
  • Tirano tropicalSpanish
  • lõuna-türanntikatEstonian
  • شاهمرغ گرمسیریPersian
  • livertäjätyranniFinnish
  • Tyran mélancoliqueFrench
  • srebrnastogrli silnikCroatian
  • trópusi királygébicsHungarian
  • tiranno tropicaleItalian
  • Re dei tiranni tropicaleItalian
  • オリーブタイランチョウJapanese
  • atogrąžinis karališkasis tironasLithuanian
  • tropu karaļputnsLatvian
  • Tropische KoningstiranDutch
  • Grote gele vliegenvangerDutch
  • tropekongetyrannNorwegian
  • Pímpiri HelPapiamento
  • tyran melancholijnyPolish
  • SuiririPortuguese
  • suiriri-tropicalPortuguese
  • tirano-melancólicoPortuguese
  • Королевский тираннRussian
  • Траурный королевский тираннRussian
  • tyran čiernozobýSlovak
  • postriežkar čiernozobýSlovak
  • postriežkár čiernozobýSlovak
  • Tropska kraljevska tirankaSerbian
  • tropikkungstyrannSwedish
  • tropisk kungstyrannSwedish
  • Tropikal TiranTurkish
  • тиран тропічнийUkrainian
  • 热带王霸鹟Chinese
  • 熱帶王霸鶲Chinese

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Relatives of the tropical kingbird

Other species in the same genus Tyrannus.

LC, Least Concern

Gray kingbird

Tyrannus dominicensis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the tropical kingbird?

An adult tropical kingbird weighs 37 g – 38 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the tropical kingbird endangered?

The tropical kingbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the tropical kingbird?

The tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) belongs to the family Tyrannidae in the order Passeriformes.

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@misc{tropical_kingbird_2026,
  title = {Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-kingbird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}