TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART V

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. (D3)

Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus/blatteus Monte Alban, Oaxaca state, Mexico. (S5)

Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus rubinus Fazenda Santa Tereza (Pantanal Wildlife Center), Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Juvenile male. (S6)

Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa Pali Aike National Park, Region XII, Chile. (S5)

Cinereous Tyrant Knipolegus striaticeps San José de las Salinas, Córdoba province, Argentina. Male. (D3)

Amazonian Black-Tyrant Knipolegus poecilocercus Reserva Natural Palmarí, Amazonas state, Brazil. Female. (D3)

Blue-billed Black-Tyrant Knipolegus cyanirostris Hotel São Gotardo, Garganta de 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. (P2)

Crested Black-Tyrant Knipolegus lophotes Serra da Canatra, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. A very elegant flycatcher found from south-central Brazil to Paraguay and Uruguay. (S6)

Crested Black-Tyrant Knipolegus lophotes Serra da Canastra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. (D2)

Velvety Black-Tyrant Knipolegus nigerrimus Hotel São Gotardo, border of Rio, São Paulo, and Minas Gerais, Brazil. Male. Endemic to east and southeast Brazil. It has a round, bushy crest which comes out well in this shot. The female has reddish streaks on the throat. (D3)

Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus perspicillatus Quinta, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Male. A common and conspicuous bird over much of the Southern Cone. (D4)

Drab Water-Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis Mitú, Vaupés department, Colombia. A common bird along most larger rivers throughout the Amazon basin. (S6)

Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. (S6)

Puna Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola juninensis Lauca National Park, Region I, Chile. (S5)

White-fronted Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albifrons Lauca National Park, Region I, Chile. (S5)

White-fronted Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albifrons Lauca National Park, Region I, Chile. (S5)

Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola flavinucha flavinucha El Yeso, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. (S5)

Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola rufivertex occipitalis Cumbremayo, Cajamarca department, Peru. (S6)

White-browed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora El Yeso, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. (S5)		White-browed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora El Yeso, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. (S5)

Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola capistratus Pali Aike National Park, Region XII, Chile. (S5)

White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis albicauda Cajamarca-Celendín road, Cajamarca department, Peru. A fairly widespread bird in the high Andes, occuring from Ecuador to northern Chile and northern Argentina, but it is very scarce and local. The reasons for this are unknown as it seems to do quite well in degraded areas, even agricultural fields. (S6)

Gray Monjita Xolmis cinereus cinereus Southeast of Sumidouro, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The ruby-red eye sets it apart from all the other monjitas. (D2)

White-rumped Monjita Xolmis velatus São Roque de Minas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. (S5)

White Monjita Xolmis irupero irupero San Jose de las Salinas, Córdoba province, Argentina. An immaculate, gleaming bird that can be detected at great distances thanks to it's preference to very open habitats. (D3)

Salinas Monjita Xolmis salinarum Salinas Grandes, Córdoba province, Argentina. This attractive flycatcher is endemic to central Argentina, where it lives in low, stunted vegetation on the edge of salt pans. (D3)

Salinas Monjita Xolmis salinarum Salinas Grandes, Córdoba province, Argentina. This one was photographed a few years later in almost the same spot, but with an SLR. (S5)

Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis striaticollis Near Lloa, Pichincha province, Ecuador. (S5)

Smoky Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus cajamarcae Tapichalaca reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador. (S5)

Rufous-webbed Bush-Tyrant Polioxolmis rufipennis rufipennis Cajamarca-Celendín road, Cajamarca department, Peru. Found in open puna and agricultural areas from Pery to northern Chile and northern Argentina. A very drab, monotypic species, but... (S6)		Rufous-webbed Bush-Tyrant Polioxolmis rufipennis rufipennis Cajamarca-Celendín road, Cajamarca dept., Peru. ... a little less drab when seen in flight. (S6)

Streamer-tailed Tyrant Gubernetes yetapa Serra de Canstra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. I think this is the largest member of the family (40 cm), and probably the most spectacular, especially when pairs display such as in this shot. (D3)

Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant Muscipipra vetula Intervales State Park, São Paulo state, Brazil. A monotypic genus endemic to the Atlantic Forest region. It lives in the canopy of montane forest. (S6)

Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica Játira dam, Falcón state, Venezuela. (D3)

Black-backed Water-Tyrant Fluvicola albiventer Fazenda Santa Tereza (Pantanal Wildlife Center), Mato Grosso state, Brazil. (S6)

Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta nengeta Guapi Assu Bird Lodge, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. This bird has possibly the most disjunct range in South America. It occurs on opposite ends of the continent, with one race in eastern Brazil and the other mostly restricted to Ecuador west of the Andes. (D2)		Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta atripennis Finca Exito I, c. 20 km N of Puerto Quito, Pichincha province, Ecuador. The great similarities in plumage and voice make it unlikely that the two races will be split despite their disjunct ranges. (S5)