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        • Order - Songbirds - Passeriformes
          • Family - Flycatchers - Tyrannidae
            • Species - Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis

Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis

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Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S5B

Agency Status
USFWS: none
USFS: none
BLM: none
CFWCS Tier: 3
PIF: none

 

General Description

See Kaufman (1992, Am. Birds 46:323-326) for information on identification.

General Distribution

Montana Range



Western Hemisphere Range

 

Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana

Number of Observations: 2341

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Relative Density

Recency

Breeding
(direct evidence "B")

Breeding
(indirect evidence "b")

No evidence of Breeding
(transient "t")

Overwintering
(regular observations "W")

Overwintering
(at least one obs. "w")

 

(Records associated with a range of dates are excluded from time charts)

Migration

Normal migration periods in the Bozeman area are from May 22 to May 30 and August 10 to 30.

Reproductive Characteristics

Near Fortine, egg dates are from June 26 to July 10. They nest from mid-June to late July statewide.

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Citation for data on this website:
Western Kingbird — Tyrannus verticalis.  Montana Field Guide.  Retrieved on February 9, 2010, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_ABPAE52050.aspx