TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART VI

White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala Pantanal Highway, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Male. A common bird in wetland areas throughout much of South America. (D2)

Cock-tailed Tyrant Alectrurus tricolor Serra da Canastra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Adult male. A wierd flycatcher restricted to tall, ungrazed grasslands. Widespread destruction of it's habitat has left it rather rare and local. They fly around with their tails cocked up making them look like toy airplanes! (S6)

Cock-tailed Tyrant Alectrurus tricolor Serra da Canastra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Juvenile male. (D3)

Tumbes Tyrant Tumbezia salvini Zapotillo, Loja province, Ecuador. This was a new species for Ecuador. I saw it with Alan Davies and Ruth Miller during the final days of their "Biggest Twitch". I've put more detailed info on the sighting here. (S5)

Crowned Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca frontalis frontalis Yanacocha reserve, Pichincha province, Ecuador. A scarce resident of high Andesn temperate forest from Colombia to Bolivia. (S6)

Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris cinnamomeiventris Yellow-eared Parrot reserve, Jardín, Antioquia, Colombia. It's a pretty and strikingly-patterned flycatcher from the Andes. There is a lot of racial variation that will likely lead to splitting in the future. Two of the races are already frequently split off in various field guides. (D3)

Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis obfuscata Papallacta, Napo province, Ecuador. (S6)

Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor brunneifrons Papallacta, Napo province, Ecuador. A common bird at very high elevations in the Andes, and I have seen them well over 4000 m (13,000 ft). (S6)

d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides oenanthoides Belen road, Region I, Chile. Restricted to Polylepis woodland. (S5)

White-browed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys tucumana La Cuesta del Obispo, Salta province, Argentina. Found in montane Andean scrub from southern Ecuador to nothern Argentina. (S5)

Patagonian Tyrant Colorhamphus parvirostris Reserva Nacional Altos de Lircay, Region VII, Chile. (S5)		Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa rixosa Pousada Piuval, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. This one is found throughout much of South America, wherever the appropriate open savanna habitat occurs. It is a bit reminiscent of a Tropical Kingbird, but its terrestial behavior makes it difficult to confuse. (D2)

Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus leuconota El Paujil reserve, Santander department, Colombia. A widespread neotropical species, occuring in lowland rainforest throughout much of the region. (S5)

Short-tailed Field Tyrant Muscigralla brevicauda Lomas de Lachay, Lima department, Lima. This unique terrestrial flycatcher is found in desert areas west of the Andes from western Ecuador to northern Chile. (S6)

Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis rufipennis Posada El Limon, Maracay, Aragua state, Venezuela. (D3)

Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis texensis La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. A common and widespread neotropical species. It occurs from Mexico to northern Argentina. (S6)

Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis columbianus Posada El Limon, Maracay, Aragua state, Venezuela. This race is rather distinctive, with an olive back and gray face. This gives it a rather pale appearance. Note the obvious pale edging to the wing coverts; Rusty-margineds often show a bit of this, as you can see in the previous photo, but it is usually much more obvious on Socials. (D3)

Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis granadensis La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. (S6)

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)