Giant kingbird

Tyrannus cubensis

The Giant kingbird (Tyrannus cubensis) is a bird found in Cuba. Found in Cuba. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and small mammals and birds. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Tyrannus cubensis
Region	North America
Found in	Cuba

🏡 Where the Giant kingbird lives

Found in Cuba.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs50%
🍎 Fruit30%
🐭 Mammals & birds10%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 94 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures and fruit.

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Recorded by Johan DM (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC947204. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Giant kingbird

Where does the Giant kingbird live?

The Giant kingbird lives in Cuba. Found in Cuba.

What does the Giant kingbird eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), fruit (about 30%), small mammals and birds (about 10%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Giant kingbird endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.