Thick-billed kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris

Identification Tips:

• Length: 7.25 inches
• Large head and bill
• Range in United States mostly restricted to southeastern Arizona

Adult:

• Dark, forked tail
• Dark head with blackish mask
• Dark brownish-olive upperparts
• Whitish throat and breast
• Yellow wash to belly and undertail coverts

Juvenile:

• Upperparts browner than adult
• Underparts brighter yellow than adult

Similar species:

The Thick-billed Kingbird is somehat similar to other kingbirds but it has a darker head and a larger bill.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.