Did you know that eastern kingbirds perch on treetops, powerlines, and fences?
Eastern Kingbirds
at
a Glance
Key Features:
Eastern kingbirds are black birds with white throats, chests, and bellies.
Least Concern - Population Decreasing
Habitat:
Forest edges, and grasslands
nesting habits:
Eastern kingbirds build nests in trees out of bark, catkins, down, roots, stems, and trash.
seasons eastern kingbirds are active in our area:
Spring, summer
Diet:
Insects
hunting Behavior:
Eastern kingbirds hunt insects by ambushing them from their perches and eating them in the air.
commonly confused with:
Eastern Phoebes, Eastern Wood-Pewees, Great-Crested Flycatchers, and Western Kingbirds
Eastern kingbirds are often confused with eastern wood-pewees because both have white throats, chests, and bellies. Eastern kingbirds are plumper and black. Eastern wood-pewees are gray and have two pale bars on their wings.
Eastern kingbirds are often confused with great-crested flycatchers because both have pale chests and bellies. Eastern kingbirds have white chests and bellies. Great-crested flycatchers have gray chests and yellow bellies.