Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Tyrannus melancholicus [satrapa or occidentalis]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Bulgarian: Тропическа кралска мухоловка (ssp. occidentalis)
Catalan: tirà melancòlic (occidentalis)
Danish: Tropisk Kongetyran (Vestmexicansk)
German: Trauerkönigstyrann (occidentalis)
English: Tropical Kingbird (occidentalis), Tropical Kingbird (satrapa, syn. occidentalis), Tropical Kingbird (West Mexican), West Mexican Kingbird
[ENAV]: Tropical Kingbird (West Mexican)
English, HBW: Tropical Kingbird (West Mexican)
English (IOC): Tropical Kingbird (West Mexican)
English (United States): Tropical Kingbird (West Mexican)
Spanish: Tirano Melancólico (México Oeste)
Spanish (Argentine): Suirirí Real (occidentalis)
Spanish (Chile): Suirirí real (occidentalis)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Tirano Tropical (West Mexican)
Spanish (Cuba): Pitirre Tropical (oeste mexicano)
Spanish (Ecuador): Tirano Tropical (occidentalis)
Spanish (Spain): Tirano melancólico (México oeste)
Spanish (Uruguay): Benteveo Real (Subesp. occidentalis)
Estonian: lõuna-türanntikat (ssp. occidentalis)
Finnish: livertäjätyranni (occidentalis)
French: Tyran mélancolique (occidentalis), Tyran mélancolique (satrapa, syn. occidentalis)
Croatian: srebrnastogrli silnik (occidentalis)
Icelandic: Gallhersir (occidentalis)
Scientific: Tyrannus melancholicus (occidentalis), Tyrannus melancholicus occidentalis, Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa (occidentalis)
Dutch: Tropische koningstiran (West-Mexicaanse koningstiran)
Norwegian: tropekongetyrann (occidentalis)
Polish: tyran melancholijny (occidentalis)
Portuguese (Brazil): suiriri (occidentalis)
Portuguese (Portugal): Suiriri (occidentalis)
Slovak: postriežkar čiernozobý (západomexický)
Serbian: Zapadnomeksička kraljevska tiranka
Swedish: tropikkungstyrann (occidentalis)
Turkish: Tropikal Tiran (occidentalis)