TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART II

Eared Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis auricularis auricularis  c.20km northeast of Esplanada, Bahia state, Brazil. A miniscule bird at about 8 cm (3 in). This photo is about life size.		Eared Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis auricularis cinereicollis c.20km northeast of Esplanada, Bahia state, Brazil. I include this blurry photo as it may represent a range extension for this species.  The range info in HBW and on Natureserve only show it reaching SE Bahia, whereas this bird was in the far north of the state, only 20km from the border with Sergipe.

Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus Humedal de Yalare, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador. Female, with a gray crown instead of black.

Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus mirandae Pico Alto, Serra de Baturité, Ceará state, Brazil. Endemic to a few isolated mountain ranges in NE Brazil.

Rufous-crowned Tody-Tyrant Poecilotriccus ruficeps rufigenis Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha province, Ecuador. This is the subspecies endemic to the Chocó region, lacking the dark malar streak.		Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus latirostris ochropterus Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Quite a widespread species through tropical South America, inhabiting both dry and humid regions.

Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum guttatum Sacha Lodge, Orellana province, Ecuador. Photographed from the tree tower, where it was building a nest. This race with heavier streaking on the throat compared to other races.

Brownish Twistwing Cnipodectes subbrunneus subbrunneus Soberania NP, Panama province, Panama.		Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus mexicanus Carara NP, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica. When split, this subspecies, along with fraterculus, are usually called Northern Royal-Flycatcher.

Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus flammiceps Balbina forest, Bandeira, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.

Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus assimilis San Lorenzo ridge, Sierra de Santa Marta, Magdalena department, Colombia. A very distinctive subspecies endemic to the Santa Marta mountains, with much brighter cinnamon plumage.		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.

Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea sclateri Loreto road, Napo province, Ecuador.		Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea sclateri Loreto road, Napo province, Ecuador. A more typical perch.

Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens flavescens Savegre Mountain Lodge, San José province, Costa Rica. Found in montane forest from southern Mexico to Panama.		Black-capped Flycatcher Empidonax atriceps Savegre Mountain Lodge, San José province, Costa Rica. The most distinctive member of this often confusing genus; it is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama.

Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus zarumae Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador.		Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Parque La Florida, Bogotá, Colombia. Probably a passage migrant, since there were at least three different individuals present, and this is not typical wintering habitat.

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.		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.

Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans angustirostris Urrao, Antioquia department, Colombia. South American races, with the broad white edging to the wing coverts, may deserve to be a distinct species.

Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus rubinus Pousada Piuval, Mato Grosso state, Brazil.

Cinereous Tyrant Knipolegus striaticeps San José de las Salinas, Córdoba province, Argentina. Male.

Amazonian Black-Tyrant Knipolegus poecilocercus Reserva Natural Palmarí, Amazonas state, Brazil. Female.

Blue-billed Black-Tyrant Knipolegus cyanirostris Hotel São Gotardo, Garganta do Registro, border of RJ and MG states. 13 October 2007. She was nesting in the window of my room at the hotel. I put the lens of my point-and-shoot camera right up against the glass and shot in macro mode.

Crested Black-Tyrant Knipolegus lophotes Serra da Canastra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.

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

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