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Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

A summer resident that nests in Mississippi. Found in all 82 counties, across 21 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
21

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
21
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Mississippi 21

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

Other habitats in its models (205)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Mississippi. Those recorded in Mississippi first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (108)
  • Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Central Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Summer.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Summer.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Summer.
  • Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Summer.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer.
  • Mississippi Delta Maritime Forest Summer.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer.
  • Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Summer.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • South Florida Bayhead Swamp Summer.
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Summer.
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Summer.
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Summer.
  • South Florida Hardwood Hammock Summer.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Summer.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Summer.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Summer.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
  • Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Summer.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Cliff Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Granite Flatrock Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Summer.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Summer.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Summer.
Northeast (12)
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Summer.
Midwest (12)
  • Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Summer.
Land cover and other classes (73)
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood Summer.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Forested Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood 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.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Streamhead Seepage Swamp - Pocosin - and Baygall Summer.
  • Barren Land Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood 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.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Summer.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Summer.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Summer.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Recently Burned Forest Summer.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Summer.
  • Recently Logged Areas Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Summer.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Summer.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Summer.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Mississippi

  • Summer: nests here, in all 82 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 129

Plant genera in its diet records (27)
  • Cornus Fruit. 5 diet records. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Prunus Fruit. 4 diet records. 7 native plants in Mississippi
  • Vitis Fruit. 3 diet records. 10 native plants in Mississippi
  • Sambucus Fruit. 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Amaranthus Seeds. 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Mississippi
  • Amelanchier Fruit. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Aronia Fruit. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Condalia Fruit. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Ficus Fruit. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Fragaria Fruit. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Gaylussacia Fruit. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Juniperus Fruit. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Lindera Fruit. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Morella Fruit. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Morus Fruit. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Parthenocissus Fruit. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Phytolacca Fruit. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Mississippi
  • Rhamnus Fruit. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Rhus Fruit. 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Mississippi
  • Rhynchospora Seeds. 1 diet record. 57 native plants in Mississippi
  • Ribes Fruit. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Rubus Fruit. 1 diet record. 6 native plants in Mississippi
  • Sassafras Fruit. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Mississippi
  • Setaria Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Solanum Fruit. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Mississippi
  • Taraxacum Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Mississippi
  • Vaccinium Fruit. 1 diet record. 9 native plants in Mississippi

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Mississippi, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Eastern Kingbird uses many habitats in Mississippi; these are its 3 most characteristic.

Swamps

Birds 110

Plants 291

All of swamps in Mississippi

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 99

Plants 346

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Mississippi

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 130

Plants 1094

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Mississippi

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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