For the third year in a row, the ABA Code 5 Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus has been found in South Florida. The place to be for this bird is again in Monroe County's Fort Zachary Taylor State Park in Key West. The bird was discovered by Carl Goodrich.
Ft. Zachary Taylor State Park is the location of the first confirmed Loggerhead Kingbird in the ABA Area, a bird well-photograped in March 2007. The photograph of the 2007 Loggerhead Kingbird below is courtesy of Jeff Bouton.
Loggerhead Kingbird was deleted from the ABA Checklist prior to 2007 when two photographs of previous "Loggerhead Kingbirds" from Florida proved to be a look-alike species, Eastern Kingbird, and the other, possibly a Giant Kingbird, a species not yet confirmed for the ABA Area (ABA Chekclist, Seventh Edition).
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