NPSpecies

A fairly common summer resident of a variety of Upper Sonoran Zone habitats. It is rare in the dense forests of the rims and along the river, but is fairly common in open pinyon-juniper woodlands, Great Basin desertscrub, and grasslands up to 7500 ft (Wise-Gervais 2005e). Phillips et al. (1964) attribute a record from early March (Grater 1937) to a likely misprint or misidentification. Data source: Gatlin, BP. 2011. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Grand Canyon Region. 3rd edition.

Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans) * Cassin’s Kingbird is a fairly common summer resident of a variety of Upper Sonoran Zone habitats. It is rare in the dense forests of the rims and along the river, but is fairly common in open pinyon-juniper woodlands, Great Basin desertscrub, and grasslands up to 7500 ft (Wise-Gervais 2005e). Phillips et al. (1964) attribute a record from early March (Grater 1937) to a likely misprint or misidentification. Data source: Gatlin, BP. 2011. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Grand Canyon Region. 3rd edition.