TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART IV

Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus Las Guacamayas, Chiapas state, Mexico. (S5)

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)

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)

Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus mexicanus Las Guacamayas, Chiapas state, Mexico. When split, this subspecies, along with fraterculus, are usually called Northern Royal-Flycatcher. (S5)		Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus mexicanus Carara NP, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica. Carrying nesting material. (S5)

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)

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)

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)

Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus flammiceps Reserva Ecolgica de Guapi Assu, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. (S5f)		Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus flammiceps Reserva Ecolgica de Guapi Assu, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The same bird from a different angle. (S5f)

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)

Black-tailed Flycatcher Myiobius atricaudus ridgwayi Vale das Taquaras, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. (S5)

Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus pyrrhoptera Las Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen, Chocó department, Colombia. A common cloudforest species in South America. (S6)

Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus pyrrhoptera Old Loja-Zamora road, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador. (S6)

Cinnamon Flycatcher 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)

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)

Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea sclateri Loreto road, Napo province, Ecuador. The Andean subspecies, true to its name, is usually found near rock faces. (D2)		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)

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)

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)

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)

"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. (S5)		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)

Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens flavescens Savegre Mountain Lodge, San José prov., Costa Rica Found in montane forest from southern Mexico to Panama. (D3)		Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens salvini Tacaná Volcano, Chiapas state, Mexico. (S5f)

Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus zarumae Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. (D1)		Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax pertinax Oaxaca Valley, Mexico. (S5f)

Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus cinereus Hotel do Ypê, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. (D4)		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)

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)		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)

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)

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)