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Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

A summer resident that nests in Florida. Found in all 67 counties, across 23 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
23

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
23
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Florida 23

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
SummerDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub RegenerationNamed place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Freshwater marshes

Georgia pond and emergent wetland
SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier; South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh; Floridian Highlands Freshwater MarshRegional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Georgia pond and emergent wetland
SummerOpen Water (Fresh); Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural LakeshoreRegional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

Prairies and grasslands

Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County
SummerFlorida Dry PrairieLimestone prairie. Shown: Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Swamps

Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp
SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp; South Florida Bayhead Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; South Florida Cypress Dome; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress DomeRegional / representative. Shown: Southern coastal swamps, Florida to Virginia; state not identified, a neighboring state.Loblolly bay in a coastal swamp, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

SummerSouthwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

Coastal Plain hammocks

Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.

SummerSouth Florida Hardwood Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock; Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

Depression ponds and limesinks

Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons.

SummerCentral Florida Herbaceous Pondshore; Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest

Florida scrub

Evergreen scrub oaks, sand pine and rosemary on deep, white, drought-prone sand ridges, burned rarely but intensely; distinct from the longleaf and turkey oak sandhills.

Summer

Freshwater tidal marshes

Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide.

SummerFlorida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

SummerSouthwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock; Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock; East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier; South Florida Pine Flatwoods; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods; Central Florida Pine Flatwoods; East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods

Pocosins and bay forests

Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain.

SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

SummerFlorida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

SummerDeciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Salt and brackish open water of sounds, bays and estuaries, with the mud and sand flats and seagrass beds that tides cover and uncover; the vegetated marsh is salt and brackish marshes.

SummerBeside its main habitat.Open Water (Brackish/Salt)
Other habitats in its models (195)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida.

  • Developed, Medium Intensity Summer.
  • Barren Land Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Cliff Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Granite Flatrock Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer.
  • Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer.
  • Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Summer.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer.
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Summer.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Summer.
  • Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer.
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Summer.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Recently Logged Areas Summer.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer.
  • Recently Burned Forest Summer.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer.
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Summer.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.

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Seasons in Florida

  • Summer: nests here, in all 67 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 1041

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 289

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Florida. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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