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Western Kingbird

Tyrannus verticalis

A winter visitor to Florida, found in 32 of 67 counties and 4 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
32 of 67 counties
Habitats
4

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
32 of 67 counties
Habitats
4
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Florida 4

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

1 of 4

Prairies and grasslands

Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County
WinterFlorida 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.

Coastal dunes and beaches

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

WinterSouthwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland

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.

SummerWinter

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (12)

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

  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer and winter.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Summer.
  • Developed, High Intensity Summer.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Summer and winter.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 32 of 67 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 104

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

Wildlife 273

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.

Sources