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Tyrannus crassirostris

Swainson, 1826

Thick-billed Kingbird

G5Secure Found in 7 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.104784
Element CodeABPAE52040
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrannidae
GenusTyrannus
Other Common Names
Tirano Pico Grueso (ES) Tyran à bec épais (FR)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Conservation Status
Review Date1996-12-02
Change Date1996-12-02
Range Extent Comments
BREEDING: southeastern Arizona (common in Guadalupe Canyon, uncommon elsewhere in southeastern Arizona), extreme southwestern New Mexico, Sonora, southwestern Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and western Durango south to Guerrero, state of Mexico, Morelos, southern Puebla, and western Oaxaca. NON-BREEDING: northwestern Mexico south through breeding range to southwestern Mexico, casually to western Guatemala (AOU 1983).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Arid scrub, savanna, riparian woodland, clearings in deciduous forest, and open situations with scattered trees (Tropical and lower Subtropical zones) (AOU 1983). BREEDING: Apparently nests in trees. Two nests found in 1959 were located in sycamores, 15-18 m above ground (Terres 1980).

Reproduction

Clutch size 3-4.
Terrestrial Habitats
Woodland - HardwoodShrubland/chaparralSavannaOld fieldDesert
Palustrine Habitats
Riparian
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN2B
ProvinceRankNative
ArizonaS2Yes
TexasS1BYes
New MexicoS1B,S1NYes
Roadless Areas (7)
Arizona (5)
AreaForestAcres
Catalina St. Pk. Roadless AreaCoronado National Forest951
ChiricahuaCoronado National Forest76,876
GaliuroCoronado National Forest28,333
PinalenoCoronado National Forest130,920
TumacacoriCoronado National Forest44,594
California (1)
AreaForestAcres
San SevaineSan Bernardino National Forest6,866
New Mexico (1)
AreaForestAcres
Peloncillo (NM)Coronado National Forest43,339
References (18)
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  2. American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in <i>The Auk</i>]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
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  9. National Geographic Society (NGS). 1983. Field guide to the birds of North America. National Geographic Society, Washington, DC.
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