Tyrannus caudifasciatus
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus) is a species of sub-oscine passerine bird belonging to the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. This species is found in wooded habitats in the islands of the northern Caribbean, with records of vagrants from Florida.
The loggerhead kingbird was first formally described in 1839 by the French naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny with its type locality given as Cuba. This species is classified within the genus Tyrannus within the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant or New World flycatchers. The Tyrannidae are placed within the parvorder Tyrannides within the order Passeriformes, the perching birds.
The Puerto Rican subspecies, T. c. taylori, has been proposed as a separate species, the... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | |
| 2 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Havana | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 2 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Loggerhead Kingbird sighting in Ciénaga de Zapata on a given day, based on 458 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 49th most-seen of the 177 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Loggerhead Kingbird in Ciénaga de Zapata on a given day, against about 20% in January, August and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of Ciénaga de Zapata's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against 15 mm in February. September has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Loggerhead Kingbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Loggerhead Kingbird sightings, Ciénaga de Zapata ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (Jamaica, about 90%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Loggerhead Kingbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Ciénaga de Zapata (458 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
