TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART V

White-bearded Flycatcher Phelpsia inornata 20km south of Calabozo, Guárico state, Venezuela. This flycatcher is endemic to the Llanos (seasonally flooded savannas) of Venezuela and adjacent Colombia. It usually has a "fluffy" appearance in the field, with the side and throat feathers puffed out, a feature even evident in this poor photo. (D3)

Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus sulphuratus Shiripuno Lodge, Orellana province, Ecuador. One of the most common and widespread of all neotropical birds. For inexplicable reasons, it does not occur west of the Andes, even in seemingly perfect habitat. (D3)

Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. (D3)

Lesser Kiskadee Pitangus lictor panamensis El Paujil reserve, Santander department, Colombia. Unlike it's congener, Lesser Kiskadee is always found near water. Its long, narrow bill separates it from other similar species like Rusty-margined Flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis). (D3)

Lesser Kiskadee Pitangus lictor lictor Fazenda Santa Tereza, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. (D4)

Three-striped Flycatcher Conopias trivirgatus trivirgatus Garuva, Santa Catarina state, Brazil. A local species, but where it occurs, it is a common member of mixed species flocks. This is the nominate race, endemic to the Atlantic Forest region. (D4)

Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti cinchoneti Old Loja-Zamora road, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador. A bird of foothill forest in the Andes from the Colombia/Venezuela border to southern Peru. (S5)

Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus minor Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. A widespread bird in mid-elevation cloudforests of the Andes. The golden crown is usually concealed. (D3)		Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana (ssp. not identified) 10 km west of La Y, Apure state, Venezuela. Three subspecies occur in Venezuela (often together), and it is not possible to determine which one based on this photo. (D3)

Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus aurantioatrocristatus 18km NE of JV Gonzales, Salta province, Argentina. Southern populations are highly migratory, wintering in the Amazon region. This bird has the longest latin binomial name of any bird in the world. (S5)

Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus melancholicus Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. A common and familiar bird, found all the way from Arizona to Argentina, with vagrants turning up over much of North America. (D3)

Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans vociferans Oaxaca city, Mexico. (S5)

Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis dominicensis 10 km west of La Y, Apure state, Venezuela. A local resident breeder in the Llanos of Venezuela. In the boreal winter, numbers are augmented by nonbreeding visitors from the West Indies. (D3)		Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra holerythra La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. (D2)

Sirystes Sirystes sibilator sibilator Corrego dos Ovos, 16 km ESE of Pirapora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. (S5f)

Rufous Casiornis Casiornis rufus Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. A distinctive flycatcher of central South America. (S5)

Rufous Flycatcher Myiarchus semirufus Bosque de Pomac, Lambayeque department, Peru. The most distinctive of all the Myiarchus flycatchers. It is endemic to arid NW Peru. (D2)

Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer lawrenceii Sierra de las Tuxtlas, Veracruz state, Mexico. One of the most widespread member of the genus, found from the southwestern US to northern Argentina. (S5)

Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni pelzelni(?) 20 km east of São João dos Patos, Maranhão state, Brazil. The palest Myiarchus, often a helpful feature when trying to ID it. (D3)		Venezuelan Flycatcher Myiarchus venezuelensis Cata, Aragua state, Venezuela. Endemic to dry forest and woodland from NE Colombia to N Venezuela. (D3)

Apical Flycatcher Myiarchus apicalis Payandé, Tolima province, Colombia. A Colombian endemic restricted to dry and semi-humid woodland in intermontane valleys in the center of the country. Easy to ID by the obvious pale tip to the tail. (D3)		Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi inquietus Zipolite, Oaxaca state, Mexico. (S5)

Pale-edged Flycatcher Myiarchus cephalotes cephalotes Chestnut-capped Piha reserve, Antioquia department, Colombia. Named for the white edges to the outer tail feathers. (D3)

Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus bahiae Canudos-Jeremoaba road, Bahia state, Brazil. This one shows an obvious bushy brown crown and rufous flight feathers. They can sometimes be more difficult to ID. (D3)

Rufous-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon ruficauda TI Coatá-Laranal, Borba, Amazonas state, Brazil. Found all over the Amazon in low densities. It's voice is very distinctive and the best way to locate it (example). (D3)

Cinnamon Attila Attila cinnamomeus Los Güires road, Delta Amacuro state, Venezuela. Wide ranging in the Amazon basin and in the Guianan region, but restricted to swamp forest and varzea. (D3)

Dull-capped Attila Attila bolivianus bolivianus Transpantanal Highway, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Sometimes called White-eyed Attila, though that is a misleading name, since other Attila species can occasionally have aberrant pale irides. (D3)

Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus citreopygus La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. They range in color from olive to rufous. This was is a brown morph, about half way between. (D3)

Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata semifasciata Serra dos Carajás, Pará state, Brazil. Male. (D3)

White-naped Xenopsaris Xenopsaris albinucha albinucha Pousada Piuval, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. An odd becard-like bird of dry woodland. (S5)

Green-backed Becard Pachyramphus viridis viridis Itajuípe, Bahia state, Brazil. Male. (D3)

Chestnut-crowned Becard Pachyramphus castaneus amazonus Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil. (D3)

Chestnut-crowned Becard Pachyramphus castaneus castaneus Reserva Ecologica de Guapi Assu, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. A pair near their rather messy nest. Presumably the male is the upper one with his crest raised. (D3)

White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus tenebrosus Logroño, Morona-Santiago province, Ecuador. Male. (S6)

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