#1282 · 🐦 birds

Great Kiskadee

🇳🇱 Grote Kiskadie ·Pitangus sulphuratus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Dario Sanches · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Dirk Feldhaus Marquard · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Joanne Muis Redwood · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Colón, Entre Ríos, Argentina:© María Belén Dri · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Rondeau Provincial Park, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada:© Laura Rainbow Dragon · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Bosque do Ibama-Sede SCEN - Brasília, DF, 70297-400, Brasil:© Eric Fischer Rempe · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Playa del Carmen, Q.R., México:© Luis Mora · CC BY 4.0
9. Bear Island Wildlife Management Area, South Carolina, USA:© Lori A Owenby · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Tamatán, Cd Victoria, Tamps., México:© pedronoe · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The great kiskadee ( Pitangus sulphuratus ) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is the only member of the genus Pitangus .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 85,463iNaturalist observations
weight 74 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
85,463 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 74 g.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).