Tyrannus melancholicus (bird)

Mass: 37.4 g

Diet: insectivore based on dos Anjos and Boçon 1999, Arteaga and Moya 2002, Manhäes and Loures-Ribeiro 2005, Teles and Dias 2010, and Casas et al. 2016; insectivore-frugivore based on Ramírez-Albores and Navarro-Sigüenza 2011; omnivore based on Canaday 1997 and Henriques et al. 2003

Abundance: 0.16 to 2.95% (median 0.54%)

Latitudinal range: -21.8° to 18.5°

Habitats: mangrove (1), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

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Found in 11 samples

Bolivia: El Porvenir (birds)

Brazil: Serra da Canastra National Park, Federal University of Acre, Estuârio do rio Paraíba do Norte, Vermelho River (edge)

Guatemala: Puerto Barrios (mist netted birds)

Mexico: Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve (birds)

Nicaragua: Siuna (birds, allspice), Siuna (birds, pasture)

Peru: Plantación Tupac

Venezuela: Este del Lago de Valencia (rainy season)

Size measurements:
37.4 mm(N = 1)based on

See also Tyrannus, Tyrannus melanocholicus, Tyrannus savana, Tyrannus tyrannus, Tyrannus verticalis