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Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) with a yellow belly, brown wings, and black-and-white head perched on a mossy branch against a blurred green background.
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great kiskadee

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Also known as: Pitangus sulphuratus, derby flycatcher
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Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) with a yellow belly, brown wings, and black-and-white head perched on a mossy branch against a blurred green background.
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The great kiskadee, also known as the derby flycatcher, is a bird species found in the New World, belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family. This aggressive bird, measuring about 23 cm (9 inches) in length, inhabits woodlands, savannahs, and wet areas from Texas to Argentina. Its diet includes frogs, insects, fruit, and fish, which it catches by swooping down from a perch. The great kiskadee is reddish-brown on its back, wings, and tail, with a white throat, black crown and head sides, and a distinctive white band around its crown, topped by a yellow patch. The lesser kiskadee is a smaller, similar species found along waterways from Panama to Bolivia.1

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