#1346 · 🐦 birds

Cassin's Kingbird

🇳🇱 Cassins Koningstiran ·Tyrannus vociferans

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Sophie Cameron · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © cjackson · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Cardiff, Encinitas, CA 92007, USA:© bj worth · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Madera, MX-CH, MX:© Ana Adelíz Rascón Mendoza · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Orange Walk, BZ:© bzimmerbirds · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Col Félix Ireta, Mich., México:© Ricardo Arredondo T. · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Huntington Beach Central Park East, 18002 Goldenwest St, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, USA:© Sean · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Burbank Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, US:© M.R. Perry · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Viveros Revolucion, 36699 Irapuato, Gto., México:© Alberto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Cassin's kingbird ( Tyrannus vociferans ) is a large tyrant flycatcher native to western North America. The name of this bird commemorates the American ornithologist John Cassin.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 35,797iNaturalist observations
weight 43 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.
35,797 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 43 g.
Scientifically named by William Swainson in 1826 (200 years ago).