TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE  -  PART III

Many-colored Rush-Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra rubrigastra Lampa marshes, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. Without a doubt the most colorful member of the family, and ranks right up there as one of the prettiest birds of South America. It inhabits reedbeds on the edge of lakes, in coastal regions but also locally in the high Andes. (S5)

Sharp-tailed Tyrant Culicivora caudacuta Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. A unique flycatcher that requires extensive areas of undisturbed tall grassland, which means it now occurs almost exclusively withing national parks and other protected areas. (D3)

Sharp-tailed Tyrant Culicivora caudacuta Serra da Canastra NP, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A more typical posture of this species, which usually perches upright on grass stems or small bushes. (S6)

Eared Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis auricularis auricularis Iguazú National Park, Misiones province, Argentina. A miniscule (7.5 cm) and very cute species endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest region. (S6)

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. (D3)

White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis albiventris Shaime, Zamore-Chinchipe province, Ecuador. This species was only discovered in Ecuador in December 2010 by Dušan Brinkhuizen et. al. Click here for their summary.  Prior to the discovery, the species was only known from central Peru to western Bolivia. (S6)

Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus End of the Milpe road, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male. This bird, along with Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant M. ecaudatus, which it was split from, are usually considered to be the smallest passerines in the world. They measure only about 6.5 cm (2.5 in). (S5f)		Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus Humedal de Yalare, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador. Female, with a gray crown instead of black. (D3)

Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare Carara NP, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica. A strange little flycatcher found in rainforest from Mexico to Panama. In Eastern Panama and Colombia it is replaced by the very similar Southern Bentbill, though it may ultimately prove more logical to consider them conspecific. (S5)

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus squamaecrista Buenaventura reserve, El Oro province, Ecuador. (S5)

Double-banded Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus vitiosus affinis Mitú, Vaupés department, Colombia. A poor shot that I include to help document this species for the Mitú area. (S6)

Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant Hemitriccus diops Vale das Taquaras, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. A bird of montane Atlantic Forest, where it is completely tied to bamboo patches. (S5f)

White-eyed Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus zosterops zosterops Mitú, Vaupés department, Colombia. A fairly common species inside rainforest in the northern Amazon. (S6)

White-bellied Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus griseipectus naumburgae Reserva Biológica de Saltinho, Pernambuco state, Brazil. The Clements list incorrectly places the taxon naumburgae, which is endemic to NE Brazil, with White-eyed Tody-Tyrant H. zosterops. (S6)

Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus striaticollis striaticollis Santa Luzia do Itanhy, Sergipe state, Brazil. This is an isolated population in eastern Brazil, occuring in Atlantic Rainforest and mangroves near the coast of Sergipe and northeastern Bahia. (S6)

Hangnest Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus nidipendulus Praia Seca, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Endemic to scrubby areas of Southeast Brazil. Most other members of the genus also build hanging nests. (S5)

Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer margaritaceiventer Fazenda Santa Tereza (Pantanal Wildlife Center), Mato Grosso state, Brazil. This is a rather widespread species of drier, non-forest habitats. (S6)

Black-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus granadensis granadensis Santa Barbara-La Bonita Road, Sucumbios, Ecuador. The nominate subspecies, one of the northern group with the white face. (S5f)		Black-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus granadensis pyrrhops Tapichalaca reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador. This is one of the southern subspecies, found in the eastern Andes from central Ecuador to western Bolivia. It probably deserves to be split due to its buff (not white) face and different voice. (S5)

Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus mirandae Pico Alto, Serra de Baturité, Ceará state, Brazil. Endemic to a few isolated mountain ranges in NE Brazil. (D3)

Fork-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant Hemitriccus furcatus Itatiaia NP, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. A cute little flycatcher endemic to Southeast Brazil, where it is restricted to bamboo patches. It was once thought to be rare, but once its vocalizations were known better, it was found to be locally quite common. (S6)

Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus ruficeps rufigenis Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha province, Ecuador. This is the subspecies endemic to the Chocó region, mostly lacking the dark facial markings, and showing much less white on the throat. (D3)

Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus ruficeps ruficeps Tapichalaca reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe pr., Ecuador. The nominate race, showing typical strong facial markings. (S5)

Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus luluae Rio Chido trail, above La Florida, Amazonas department, Peru. This species is restricted to a small area of northern Peru south of the Marañon. It is very similar to the nominate race of the previous species, and a strong argument can be made that luluae should be lumped with ruficeps. Vocally they are virtually the same. (S6)

Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus capitalis capitalis Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. Found mostly in the far western Amazon region, and locally reaching fairly high elevations in the Andes of Ecuador. There are also some very disjunct populations in Amazonian Brazil. It shows a predilection for bamboo in the foothills, but is usually found away from it in the lowlands. (S6)

Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus capitalis capitalis Old Loja-Zamora Highway, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador. (S5)		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. (D3)

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps plumbeiceps Vale das Taquaras, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Widespread in the Atlantic Forest region, though also occurs disjunctly in Andean cloudforests from southern Peru to northern Argentina. (S5f)

Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus calopterus Shaime, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador. A very cute bird of the eastern foothills of the Andes from southern Colombia to northern Peru. (S6)

Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum poliocephalum Guapi Assu Bird Lodge, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Endemic to Brazil, where it is a common bird in lightly wooded areas of the Atlantic Forest lowlands. Sometimes called Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher. (S5f)

Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum coloreum Fazenda Santa Tereza (Pantanal Wildlife Center), Mato Grosso state, Brazil. (S6)

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. (D3)

Brownish Twistwing Cnipodectes subbrunneus minor Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. (S6)

Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris brevirostris Sierra de las Tuxtlas, Veracruz state, Mexico. The eye-ring is not obvious here, but the flatbill certainly is... (S5f)

Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens peruvianus Old Loja-Zamora Highway, Loja province, Ecuador. A widespread neotropical bird, though were probably going to see some splitting here in the future. (S5)