'We're seeing birds showing up in unusual places, such as a
Great Kiskadee in South Dakota, as well as unseasonal records like Orchard Oriole and Chestnut-sided Warbler in the Northeast."
Kleptoparasitism in the
Great Kiskadee. Wilson Bulletin 113:116-117.
(1999) and Marcondes-Machado (2009) also described the consumption of domesticated passerine birds (
great kiskadee, house sparrow, rufous-bellied thrush and the sayaca tanager) and the slaty-breasted wood-rail Aramides saracura (Spix, 1825) by D.
See birds ranging from the Roseate Spoonbill to the
Great Kiskadee.
Tyrannidae
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum (Linnaeus, 1766) Fam.
In Brazil, where it was introduced from India during Portuguese colonization, it has dispersed spontaneously in the wild in some places, as its fruits are eagerly sought by various native birds such as thrushes, tanagers and the
Great Kiskadee.
imberbe #+ Beardless-Tyrannulet Sayornis Black Phoebe PR 2.34 C C nigricans Pyocephalus Vermilion Flycatcher PR 0.38 U U rubinus Myiarchus Ash-throated SR 0.91 U cinerascens Flycatcher Myiarchus Brown-crested SR 2.82 C tyrannulus Flycatcher Pitangus
Great Kiskadee PR 1.81 C C sulphuratus Tyrannus Couch's Kingbird SR 1.10 C couchii + Tyrannus Cassin's Kingbird SR 0.19 R vociferans Vireo griseus White-eyed Vireo PR 1.17 C C Vireo bellii Bell's Vireo SR 0.69 U Cyanocorax Green Jay PR 0.29 - R yncas + Corvus sp.
A springtime visitor in the early years added 15 species to his life list on the first day, including green jay,
great kiskadee, tropical kingbird, groove-billed ani, Audubon's oriole, white-tipped dove, curve-billed thrasher, Harris' hawk and golden-fronted woodpecker.
On most days, you can easily spot residents like the chachalaca, golden-fronted woodpecker,
great kiskadee, and green jay.
In one extreme, bird species such as the Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris, the
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus, the Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea and the Streaked-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus were mainly found in Acacia forests (Table 3).
In late July, after both RTB-1 and RTB-2 were abandoned, the becard pair approached inactive and active nests of
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus), within 400 m of RTB-2, apparently looking for nesting material.