TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART IV

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.		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.

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.		Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra holerythra La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica.

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.

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.		Venezuelan Flycatcher Myiarchus venezuelensis Cata, Aragua state, Venezuela. Endemic to dry forest and woodland from NE Colombia to N Venezuelaa.

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.

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.

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 located it (example).

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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