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n. Any of various American flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, especially T. tyrannus.

n. A group of large insectivorous passerine birds of the genus Tyrannus.

n. A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or Tyrannus Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the bead and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show a bright orange basal spot when erected. Called also bee bird, and bee martin. Several Southern and Western species of Tyrannus are also called king birds.

n. The king tody. See under King.

n. A tyrant flycatcher, Tyrannus carolinensis, abundant in the United States (also called bee-martin), or some other species of the same genus, as the gray kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis.

n. Any bird of the family Tyrannidæ; any tyrant flycatcher.

n. large American flycatcher

"I saw a kingbird on a telephone wire as I pedaled out and a redwinged blackbird as I rode back."

tyrant flycatcher    tyrant bird    flycatcher    new world flycatcher   

bee bird    bee martin    king   

cassin's kingbird    petchary    gray kingbird    tyrannus vociferans    tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis    eastern kingbird    grey kingbird    arkansas kingbird    western kingbird   

meadowlark    titmice    pewee    goldfinch    serenader    shrike    sparrer    ortolan    water-wagtail    finch