Great Kiskadee

20.5 cm-23.5 cm. Bill big. Crown black with a yellow semi-concealed coronal patch. A prominent white superciliary. Above olive-brown. Wings and tail black, the feathers edged with rufous. Throat white and the rest of the underparts yellow. Most frequent calls are a loud and raucous "krri-ke-dii", a drawn out mournful "kiieeeh" and a "kik-weeea". Dawn song or call ^90 a repeated "ki-a...ki-a... ki-a...." as on cut 3 at the beginning and several times on cut 6. Perches at all levels in trees and on the ground. The proverbial foraging generalist ^74 , very adaptable and aggressive. Its foraging behavior includes such diverse behavior as scavenging on the ground and eating refuse from garbage dumps, fishing, catching frogs and lizards, aerial hawking, perch gleaning, sally gleaning, following army ants and fruit eating. Probably develops skills according to local conditions. Builds a cup nest ^44 . Common and conspicuous inhabitant of almost anywhere with exception of the interior of continuous and deep rain forest, but even there it can be found many kilometers away from open areas along forest roads Fazenda Intervales . Frequently associated with water, but most common in semi-open agricultural areas, open woodlands and borders and town and city parks. Throughout, from sea level up to 1300 meters. 15972 Calls. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>30<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Open country with trees and bushes.: 13847 Calls. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>30<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Primary forest. With /Attila rufus, Procnias nudicollis .: 3565 Calls. Pirapora, 11<10>12<10>98. Cloudy, 25<91>C. Gallery forest. With /Synallaxis frontalis, Taraba major .: 12835 Calls. Picinguaba, east of Ubatuba, 10<10>15<10>99. Sunny, 27<91>C. Forest border. With /Hypoedaleus guttatus, Turdus rufiventris call , /Attila rufus .: 5481 Calls at dusk. 10<10>14<10>99, Picinguaba, east of Ubatuba. Few clouds, no wind, 25<91>C. Swamp within forest.: 11633 Dawn song and at the end the normal call. Cornell Cat 19365. Garruchos, S<C4>o Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, 11<10>21<10>77. Recording by W. Belton.: 1408 >: