Great kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

The Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) is a bird found in Brazil, Costa Rica, United States, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and 1 more countries. Wet woods, farms and town gardens from Texas to Argentina. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and small mammals and birds. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Pitangus sulphuratus
Region	North America
Found in	Brazil, Costa Rica, United States, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and 1 more countries

🏡 Where the Great kiskadee lives

Wet woods, farms and town gardens from Texas to Argentina.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs40%
🍎 Fruit30%
🐭 Mammals & birds10%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
🐟 Fish10%

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

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 Its loud call says its own name: kis-ka-dee!

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Recorded by Tristan Guillebot de Nerville (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1139133. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Great kiskadee

Where does the Great kiskadee live?

The Great kiskadee lives in Brazil, Costa Rica, United States, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and 1 more countries. Wet woods, farms and town gardens from Texas to Argentina.

What does the Great kiskadee eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 40%), fruit (about 30%), small mammals and birds (about 10%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), fish (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Great kiskadee endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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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.