A large, conspicuous and boisterous
               tyrant flycatcher...has colonized in
               mainland Florida.
          
         
            
               Tyrannus dominicensis
            
               (L 9.1" Wt 1.3-1.8 oz)
          
         
            
               Tyrannus means tyrant;
               domininicensis refers to the
               island republic in the West
               Indies.
          
         
            
               More than 200 North American bird
               species winter in Central American
               coastal forests and the Yucatan and
               almost as many in the Caribbean.
               Roughly three dozen species winter in
               the Amazon.
            
               (Scott Weidensaul)
          
         
            
               Waller Field
            
               Arima
            
               16Feb2018
          
         
            
               © Robert C
               Stein
            
               Macaulay
               Library