grey kingbird

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   a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird

   Synonymsgray kingbirdpetcharyTyrannus domenicensis domenicensis

   Broaderkingbird

Questions about grey kingbird

What does grey kingbird mean?

grey kingbird means "a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird".

What is another word for grey kingbird?

Close synonyms include gray kingbird, petchary, Tyrannus domenicensis domenicensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grey kingbird a common word?

grey kingbird is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.