What is Kingbird?
{{speciesbox | name = Kingbird | image = Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus).JPG | image_caption = ''T. m. melancholicus''<br>The [[Pantanal]], [[Brazil]] | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn|url= https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22700485/93779037 |title=''Tyrannus melancholicus'' |author=BirdLife International |year=2016 |page= e.T22700485A93779037|access-date= 2 January 2020}}</ref> | genus = Tyrannus | species = melancholicus | authority = [[Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot|Vieillot]], 1819 | range_map = Tyrannus melancholicus map.svg | range_map_caption = Purple = year-round range; orange = breeding range }} The '''kingbird''' (''Tyrannus melancholicus'') is a large [[tyrant flycatcher]]. This bird breeds from southern [[Arizona]] in the United States to as far as south as central [[Argentina]], western [[Peru]], and [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. Birds from the northernmost and southern breeding areas [[migrate]] to warmer parts of the range after breeding. ==Description and ecology== An adult tropical kingbird is {{convert|22|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and weighs {{convert|39|g|oz|abbr=on}}. Both male and female are similar, but young birds have pale buff edges on the wing coverts. The call is a high-pitched twittering trill, ''tree-e-e-e-e-e-e'', with a more complex version sung by the male at dawn. Their breeding habitat is semi-open areas with trees and shrubs, including gardens and roadsides. Tropical kingbirds like to view their surroundings from an open perch, usually high in a tree. They take long flights to catch [[insect]]s in mid-air, which is called [[Hawking (birds)|hawking]]. They sometimes hover to pick food off of plants, which is called [[Gleaning (birds)|gleaning]].<ref>de A. Gabriel, Vagner & Pizo, Marco A. (2005): Foraging behavior of tyrant flycatchers (Aves, Tyrannidae) in Brazil. ''Revista Brasileira de Zoologia'' '''22''' (4): 1072–1077 [English with Portuguese abstract]. {{doi|10.1590/S0101-81752005000400036}} [http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool