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TYRANT FLYCATCHERS -
TYRANNIDAE - PART IV
Spadebills to Xenotriccus flycatchers
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Stub-tailed
Spadebill
Platyrinchus
cancrominus
Las Guacamayas, Chiapas state, Mexico.
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White-throated
Spadebill
Platyrinchus
mystaceus mystaceus
Vale das Taquaras, Rio de Janeiro
state, Brazil.
Probably the most common spadebill overall.
It's found in most of tropical South America outside of the Amazon. (S5) |
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Golden-crowned
Spadebill
Platyrinchus
coronatus superciliaris
Mangaloma reserve, Pichincha province, Ecuador.
I
observed the lower bird feed the insect it is carrying to the upper
bird. The upper bird did not seen to be begging, and does not show
plumage signs of being a young bird, so I suspect this was courtship
feeding. (S6) |

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Royal Flycatcher
Onychorhynchus
coronatus mexicanus
Las Guacamayas, Chiapas state, Mexico.
When split, this
subspecies, along with fraterculus,
are usually called Northern Royal-Flycatcher. (S5)
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Royal Flycatcher
Onychorhynchus
coronatus mexicanus
Carara NP, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica.
Carrying nesting material. (S5)
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Royal
Flycatcher
Onychorhynchus
coronatus swainsoni
Intervales State Park, São Paulo state, Brazil.
A
rare and endangered taxon that is considered by some authorities to be
a full species, Atlantic Royal Flycatcher, endemic to the Atlantic
Rainforest of Southeast Brazil. (S6) |
 | Flavescent Flycatcher Myiophobus flavicans flavicans Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. This unobtrusive species is widespread in montane cloudforest in northern South America. (S6f) |
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Orange-banded
Flycatcher
Nephelomyias lintoni Cordillera de Lagunillas, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador.
Restricted to southern Ecuador and extreme
northern Peru. It was recently transferred into the newly erected genus
Nephelomyias,
see SACC proposal 425. (S6) |
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Olive-chested
Flycatcher
Myiophobus
cryptoxanthus
Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe
prov., Ecuador.
It
has a surprisingly restricted range for a bird that likes trashed
habitat, found only in eastern Ecuador and northern Peru. It is likely
expanding its range do to deforestation. (S5) |
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Bran-colored Flycatcher
Myiophobus
fasciatus flammiceps
Reserva Ecolgica de Guapi Assu, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
(S5f) |
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Bran-colored Flycatcher
Myiophobus
fasciatus flammiceps
Reserva Ecolgica de Guapi Assu, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
The same bird from a different angle. (S5f) |
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Black-tailed
Flycatcher
Myiobius
atricaudus
Mitú, Vaupés department, Colombia.
A poor photo, but I include it as it helps document the range of
this species, which is still poorly known. The round tail and brown
breast help distinguish this bird from the similar Whiskered Flycatcher
M. barbatus. (S6) |
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Black-tailed
Flycatcher
Myiobius
atricaudus ridgwayi
Vale das Taquaras, Rio de Janeiro
state, Brazil.
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Cinnamon Flycatcher
Pyrrhomyias
cinnamomeus pyrrhoptera
Las Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen, Chocó department, Colombia.
A common cloudforest species in South America.
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Cinnamon Flycatcher
Pyrrhomyias
cinnamomeus pyrrhoptera
Old
Loja-Zamora road, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador.
(S6) |
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Pyrrhomyias
cinnamomeus assimilis
San
Lorenzo
ridge, Sierra de Santa Marta, Magdalena department, Colombia.
A distinctive subspecies endemic to the
Santa Marta mountains, with much brighter cinnamon plumage. (S6) |
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Euler's Flycatcher
Lathrotriccus
euleri bolivianus
Ilha Anavilhanas, Rio Negro, Amazonas state, Brazil.
It just might win the prize as the dullest member of the family. (D3) |

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Cliff Flycatcher
Hirundinea
ferruginea sclateri
Loreto road, Napo province, Ecuador.
The Andean subspecies, true to its name, is
usually found near rock faces. (D2)
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Cliff Flycatcher
Hirundinea
ferruginea bellicosa
Hotel do Ypê, Itatiaia NP, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
There is some evidence that at least two
species are involved.
Compare this bird, an example of one of the southern races, to the one
to the left. They also differ in habitat (not often occuring on rock
faces, but frequently on buildings and wires) and have a slightly
slower paced song. (S6)
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Fuscous
Flycatcher
Cnemotriccus
fuscatus bimaculatus(?)
Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
A widespread bird in tropical South America,
but often local and easily overlooked. (S5f) |
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Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher
Empidonax
flaviventris
North of Mapastepec, Chiapas state, Mexico.
A winter resident in Mexico and Central
America, breeding in eastern North America. (S5) |
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Dusky
Flycatcher
Empidonax
oberholseri
Monte Alban, Oaxaca state, Mexico.
Here at about the southern limit of its range,
where it is only a winter resident. (S5) |
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"Western" Flycatcher
Empidonax
difficilis/occidentalis
Southwest of San Miguel Suchixtepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico.
It is notoriously hard, and some would say
impossible, to separate these in the field unless they are vocalizing.
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Black-capped Flycatcher
Empidonax
atriceps
Savegre
Mountain Lodge, San José prov., Costa Rica
The most distinctive member of this often confusing genus; it is
endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. (D3) |

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Yellowish Flycatcher
Empidonax
flavescens flavescens
Savegre
Mountain Lodge, San José prov., Costa Rica
Found in montane forest from southern Mexico to Panama. (D3)
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Yellowish Flycatcher
Empidonax
flavescens salvini
Tacaná Volcano, Chiapas state, Mexico.
(S5f)
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Smoke-colored Pewee
Contopus
fumigatus zarumae
Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha
province, Ecuador. (D1)
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Greater Pewee
Contopus
pertinax pertinax
Oaxaca Valley, Mexico.
(S5f)
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Tropical Pewee
Contopus
cinereus cinereus
Hotel do Ypê, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
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Tropical Pewee
Contopus
cinereus punensis
San Marcos, Cajamarca department, Peru.
This race is sometimes split (e.g. Birds
of Ecuador by Ridgely and Greenfield) as Tumbes Pewee, C. punensis, due to
its distinct vocalizations. (D2) |
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Blackish Pewee
Contopus
nigrescens canescens
Serra dos Carajás, Pará state, Brazil.
A rare and very local pewee occurring disjuctly in the eastern
foothills of the Andes in Ecuador & Peru and in some isolated
areas
of the eastern Amazon. (D3) |
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Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus
virens
Parque La Florida, Bogotá, Colombia.
Probably a passage migrant, since this is not typical wintering. There
were at least three different
individuals present that morning. (D3) |
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Belted
Flycatcher
Xenotriccus
callizonus
El Sumidero National Park, Chiapas state, Mexico.
This
species and the next are the only members of this genus - you can
certainly see the similarity in form, but Belted Flycatcher definitely
wins the beauty contest. It is found very locally from southern Mexico
to El Salvador. (S5) |
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Pileated
Flycatcher
Xenotriccus
mexicanus
Monte Alban, Oaxaca state, Mexico.
Formerly thought to be endemic to Mexico, but
there is a recent record from Guatemala. (S5) |
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