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Illustration of a Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) egg, 23.7 × 17.2 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Tyrannus melancholicus

  • 23.7 × 17.2 mm
  • Clutch: 2–4 eggs
Breeds in United States, Mexico, Central America (7 countries), the Caribbean and South America (12 countries)
show all 24Canada & United States: United States
Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean: Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Whitish or pale pink with variable amount of dark blotching, densest around large end.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 45 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Flycatchers, Larks, Swallows, and Their Allies (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 179, 1942), p. 57.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Tropical Kingbird, Life History.
Clutch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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