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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Tyrannus |
| Species: | T. couchii
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| Tyrannus couchii Baird, SF, 1858
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Couch's kingbird (Tyrannus couchii) is a passerine tyrant flycatcher of the kingbird genus. It is found from southern Texas along the Gulf Coast to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, Belize and northern Guatemala. It is also found in the lower stretches of the Rio Grande Valley.[2]
The species is named after soldier and naturalist Darius N. Couch.
- ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Tyrannus couchii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22700488A137933642. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ A vagrant caused bird-watchers' excitement in New York City in December 2014 (New York post "Couch's kingbird spotted for first time in New York", 29 December 2014: accessed 29 December 2014).