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Giant Kingbird

Tyrannus cubensis Richmond, CW 1898

The giant kingbird is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Cuba, although there are historical records of it on other islands. The species is probably mostly closely related to the loggerhead kingbird, which also occurs in Cuba as well as several other nearby Caribbean islands. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Tyrannidae
Genus:
   Tyrannus
Scientific:
  Tyrannus cubensis


Original description

Citation:
  Richmond, CW 1898

Reference:
   Auk 15 p.330

Protonym:
  Tyrannus cubensis

Type locality:
  Cuba

Link:
  https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v015n04/p0330-p0330.pdf


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  26D5D80FB61C7F71

Avibase ID:
  avibase-26D5D80F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/26D5D80F


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563629


ENDANGERED

Geographic range:

  • Tyrannus cubensis: Cuba and Isle of Pines; formerly Great Inagua and Caicos islands
English:
Giant Kingbird
Catalan:
tirà gegant
Czech:
tyran kubánský
Danish:
Kæmpekongetyran
German:
Riesenkönigstyrann
Spanish:
Tirano Cubano
Spanish (Spain):
Tirano Cubano
Finnish:
isotyranni
French:
Tyran géant
Croatian:
kubanski silnik
Hungarian:
kubai királygébics
Italian:
Re dei tiranni gigante
Japanese (romaji):
kyu-batairanchou
Japanese:
キューバタイランチョウ
Lithuanian:
Milžiniškasis karališkasis tironas
Dutch:
Cubaanse Koningstiran
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Storkongetyrann
Norwegian:
Storkongetyrann
Polish:
tyran kubański
Portuguese:
suiriri-cubano
Portuguese (Portugal):
tirano-cubano
Russian:
Большой тиранн
Slovak:
postriežkar mohutný
Serbian:
Džinovska kraljevska tiranka
Swedish:
jättekungstyrann
Ukrainian:
Тиран кубинський
Chinese:
巨王霸鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
巨王霸鶲


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
Giant Kingbird ( Tyrannus cubensis)
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
Giant Kingbird ( Tyrannus cubensis)
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
Giant Kingbird ( Tyrannus cubensis)
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
Giant Kingbird ( Tyrannus cubensis)
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Tyran géant ( Tyrannus cubensis)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Tyran géant ( Tyrannus cubensis)
Clements 1st edition:
Giant Kingbird ( Tyrannus cubensis)
Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Tyrannus cubensis
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Tyrannus cubensis
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Tyrannus cubensis
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tyrannus cubensis
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tyrannus cubensis

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Species status: full species

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Catalan: tirà gegant
Czech: Tyran kubánský
Danish: Kæmpekongetyran
German: Kuba Tyrann, Kubatyrann, Riesenkönigstyrann
English: Giant Kingbird
English, HBW: Giant Kingbird
English (IOC): Giant Kingbird
English (United States): Giant Kingbird
Spanish: Pitirre Cubano, Pitirre Real, Tirano Cubano
Spanish (Cuba): Pitirre Real
Spanish (Spain): Tirano Cubano
Spanish (HBW): Giant Kingbird
Spanish (Mexico): tirano cubano
Estonian: suur-türanntikat
Finnish: Isotyranni
French: Tyran géant
Croatian: kubanski silnik
Hungarian: kubai királygébics
Italian: Re dei tiranni gigante, Tiranno gigante di Cuba
Japanese (romaji): kiyuabatairanchou, kyu-batairanchou
Japanese: キユアバタイランチョウ, キューバタイランチョウ, キユーバタイランチョウ
Scientific: Ty[r]annus magnirostris, Tyrannus cubensis, Tyrannus magnirostris
Lithuanian: Milžiniškasis karališkasis tironas
Dutch: Cubaanse Koningstiran, Cubaanse Koningsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Storkongetyrann
Norwegian: Storkongetyrann
Polish: tyran kubanski, tyran kubański
Portuguese: suiriri-cubano
Portuguese (Portugal): tirano-cubano
Russian: Большой королевский тиранн, Большой тиранн
Slovak: postriežkar mohutný, postriežkár mohutný
Serbian: Džinovska kraljevska tiranka
Swedish: Jättekungstyrann
Turkish: Küba tiranı
Ukrainian: Тиран кубинський
Chinese: 巨王霸鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 巨王霸鶲

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