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The great kiskadee (''Pitangus sulphuratus'') is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher; sometimes its genus ''Pitangus'' is considered monotypic, with the lesser kiskadee (''P. lictor'') separated in ''Philohydor''. It breeds in open woodland with some tall trees, including cultivation and around human habitation, mainly found in Belize, and from the Lower Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas and northern Mexico south to Uruguay, but also it occurs all over Venezuela and Brazil (specially the central and south-southeastern regions), Paraguay and central Argentina, the Guyana coastline, and on Trinidad. It was introduced to Bermuda in 1957, and to Tobago in about 1970. ==Description== Adult great kiskadees are one of the largest of the tyrant flycatchers. They can measure from in length and weigh .〔()〕〔()〕 The head is black with a strong white eyestripe and a concealed yellow crown stripe. The upperparts are brown, and the wings and tail are brown with usually strong rufous fringes. The black bill is short and thick. The similar boat-billed flycatcher (''Megarynchus pitangua'') has a massive black bill, an olive-brown back and very little rufous in the tail and wings. A few other tyrant flycatchers – some not very closely related – share a similar color pattern, but these species are markedly smaller. The call is an exuberant ''BEE-tee-WEE'', and the bird has an onomatopoeic name in different languages and countries: In Brazil its popular name is ''bem-te-vi'' and in Spanish-speaking countries it is often ''bien-te-veo'' ("I see you well!") and sometimes shortened to ''benteveo''.〔 In page 62, Charles Darwin calls it ''Saurophagus sulphureus''. He says "The ''Saurophagus sulphureus'' is typical of the great American tribe of Tyrant-flycatchers. () In the evening the Saurophagus takes its stand on a bush, often by the road-side, and continually repeats, without change, a shrill and rather agreeable cry, which somewhat resembles articulate words. The Spaniards say it is like the words, "Bien te veo "(I see you well), and accordingly have given it this name." See it also in (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great kiskadee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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