Tyrannus melancholicus;
Tropical Kingbird;
Suiriri.

Goto details of section A
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Recorded 28/06/2007 in Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua, Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil. © H. Redies

Figure 1. This is the pretty song of Tyrannus melancholicus. In spite of its scientific name, neither the species nor the song appear particularly melancholic. VIEILLOT was the scientist responsible for the name. As E.A. Choate writes: "... we can only infer that melancholicus indicates VIEILLOT'S disposition rather than the bird's." (Choate 1985).

See fig. 2 for details of section with label A.

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Recorded 28/06/2007 in Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua, Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil. © H. Redies

Figure 2. Details of section "A" from fig. 1.


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