TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART IV

Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus perspicillatus Quinta, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Male. A common and conspicuous bird over much of the Southern Cone. (D4)

Drab Water-Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis Shiripuno Lodge, Orellana province, Ecuador. A common bird along most larger rivers throughout the Amazon basin. (S4)

Puna Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola juninensis Lauca National Park, Region I, Chile. (S5)

White-fronted Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albifrons Lauca National Park, Region I, Chile. (S5)

White-fronted Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albifrons Lauca National Park, Region I, Chile. (S5)

Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola flavinucha flavinucha El Yeso, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. (S5)

White-browed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora El Yeso, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. (S5)		White-browed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora El Yeso, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. (S5)

Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola capistratus Pali Aike National Park, Region XII, Chile. (S5)

Gray Monjita Xolmis cinereus cinereus Southeast of Sumidouro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The ruby-red eye sets it apart from all the other monjitas. (D2)

White-rumped Monjita Xolmis velatus São Roque de Minas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. (S5)

White Monjita Xolmis irupero irupero San Jose de las Salinas, Córdoba province, Argentina. An immaculate, gleaming bird that can be detected at great distances thanks to it's preference to very open habitats. (D3)

Salinas Monjita Xolmis salinarum Salinas Grandes, Córdoba province, Argentina. This attractive flycatcher is endemic to central Argentina, where it lives in low, stunted vegetation on the edge of salt pans. (D3)

Salinas Monjita Xolmis salinarum Salinas Grandes, Córdoba province, Argentina. This one was photographed a few years later in almost the same spot, but with an SLR. (S5)

Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis striaticollis Near Lloa, Pichincha province, Ecuador. (S5)

Smoky Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus cajamarcae Tapichalaca reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador. (S5)

Streamer-tailed Tyrant Gubernetes yetapa Serra de Canstra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. I think this is the largest member of the family (40 cm), and probably the most spectacular, especially when pairs display such as in this shot. (D3)

Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica Játira dam, Falcón state, Venezuela. (D3)

Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta nengeta Guapi Assu Bird Lodge, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. This bird has possibly the most disjunct range in South America. It occurs on opposite ends of the continent, with one race in eastern Brazil and the other mostly restricted to Ecuador west of the Andes. (D2)		Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta atripennis Finca Exito I, c. 20 km N of Puerto Quito, Pichincha province, Ecuador. The great similarities in plumage and voice make it unlikely that the two races will be split despite their disjunct ranges. (S5)

White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala Pantanal Highway, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Male. A common bird in wetland areas throughout much of South America. (D2)

Cock-tailed Tyrant Alectrurus tricolor Serra da Canastra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Male, probably a juvenile. A wierd flycatcher restricted to tall, ungrazed grasslands. Widespread destruction of it's habitat has left it rather rare and local. This photo hardly does it justice - full adult males fly around with their tails cocked up making them look like toy airplanes! (D3)

Tumbes Tyrant Tumbezia salvini Zapotillo, Loja province, Ecuador. This was a new species for Ecuador. I saw it with Alan Davies and Ruth Miller during the final days of their "Biggest Twitch". I've put more detailed info on the sighting here. (S5)

Crowned Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca frontalis frontalis Yanacocha reserve, Pichincha province, Ecuador. A scarce resident of high Andesn temperate forest from Colombia to Bolivia. (S6)

Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris cinnamomeiventris Yellow-eared Parrot reserve, Jardín, Antioquia, Colombia. It's a pretty and strikingly-patterned flycatcher from the Andes. There is a lot of racial variation that will likely lead to splitting in the future. Two of the races are already frequently split off in various field guides. (D3)		Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis obfuscata Yanacocha reserve, Pichincha province, Ecuador. (S5)

Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Mirador reserve, Quindío department, Colombia. My only representative to date of this typical Andean genus. This one occurs at extremely high altitudes, and I have seen them well over 4000 m (13,000 ft). (D3)		d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides oenanthoides Belen road, Region I, Chile. Restricted to Polylepis woodland. (S5)

White-browed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys tucumana La Cuesta del Obispo, Salta province, Argentina. Found in montane Andean scrub from southern Ecuador to nothern Argentina. (S5)

Patagonian Tyrant Colorhamphus parvirostris Reserva Nacional Altos de Lircay, Region VII, Chile. (S5)		Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa rixosa Pousada Piuval, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. This one is found throughout much of South America, wherever the appropriate open savanna habitat occurs. It is a bit reminiscent of a Tropical Kingbird, but its terrestial behavior makes it difficult to confuse. (D2)

Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus leuconota El Paujil reserve, Santander department, Colombia. A widespread neotropical species, occuring in lowland rainforest throughout much of the region. (S5)

Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis rufipennis Posada El Limon, Maracay, Aragua state, Venezuela. (D3)

Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis columbianus Posada El Limon, Maracay, Aragua state, Venezuela. This race is rather distinctive, with an olive back and gray face. This gives it a rather pale appearance. Note the obvious pale edging to the wing coverts; Rusty-margineds often show a bit of this, as you can see in the previous photo, but it is usually much more obvious on Socials. (D3)

Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis obscurior Palmarí Lodge, Amazonas state, Brazil. (D3)

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