North Louisiana Wildlife
Eastern kingbird facing a tree trunk

Did you know that eastern kingbirds perch on treetops, powerlines, and fences?

Eastern Kingbirds
at
a Glance

Eastern kingbird facing a tree trunk

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 wood-pewee looking to the side

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.

Great-crested flycatcher grooming

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.

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