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Pitangus sulphuratus · Family Tyrannidae

Pitangus sulphuratus

Family Tyrannidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
GBIF occurrence records
2,746,997
Countries and territories with records
33
Great Kiskadee
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About this species

This species has 2,746,997 occurrence records from 33 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Brazil (18.7%), Costa Rica (15.4%), the United States (11.8%), Argentina (10.9%) and Colombia (10.3%); together they account for 67.1% of the total. In Brazil, this species accounts for 2.2% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Pitangus sulphuratus combines the genus name Pitangus with the species epithet sulphuratus. It is the only species of the genus Pitangus in the Warbla app catalog.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 423 species of the family Tyrannidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sayornis phoebe. Its record count is 19.9 times the family average (137,762). The family Tyrannidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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