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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | Adults have a gray head with slightly darker cheeks; a dark unforked tail with a buffy fringe and gray-olive underparts. They have a pale throat and yellow lower breast. Juveniles are duller and have pale edges on their wings. | |
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| + | ==Range== | ||
| + | In the summer these birds can be found in California and from Montana to Utah. Their habitat includes rangelands and savannas. | ||
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| + | These birds migrate to their winter quarters between Southern California and South America | ||
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| + | ==Voice== | ||
| + | The call is a high-pitched shorter followed by a longer chirp, sounding like a 'chi-beer'. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Tyrannus+vociferans View more images of Cassin's Kingbird in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Tyrannus+vociferans View more images of Cassin's Kingbird in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 01:41, 6 July 2007
- Tyrannus vociferans
Identification
Adults have a gray head with slightly darker cheeks; a dark unforked tail with a buffy fringe and gray-olive underparts. They have a pale throat and yellow lower breast. Juveniles are duller and have pale edges on their wings.
Range
In the summer these birds can be found in California and from Montana to Utah. Their habitat includes rangelands and savannas.
These birds migrate to their winter quarters between Southern California and South America
Voice
The call is a high-pitched shorter followed by a longer chirp, sounding like a 'chi-beer'.
