TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART VII

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. (D3)

Baird's Flycatcher Myiodynastes bairdii Chaparrí reserve, Lambayeque department, Peru. Endemic to the Tumbesian region of SW Ecuador and NW Peru. (S6)

Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus difficilis(?) Tárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Dificilis is the resident race, but there is the possiblity of migratory race insolens occuring hear too. I'm not sure how easy those are to tell apart; the reference books I need are somewhere else right now. (S6)

Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea Mitú, Vaupés department, Colombia. This species is strongly tied to the Moriche Palm Mauritia flexuosa, and is not often found away from it. (S6)

Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus aurantioatrocristatus 18km NE of JV Gonzales, Salta province, Argentina. Southern populations are highly migratory, wintering in the Amazon region. This bird has the longest latin binomial name of any bird in the world. (S5)

Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis Chaparrí reserve, Lambayeque department, Peru. This kingbird lives west of the Andes in Ecuador and northern Peru, rarely SW Colombia. It is highly migratory, breeding in dry forest in the south of its range, then moving north in the dry season into more humid forest. This pair was on a breeding territory, and I caught it in the middle of one of the wing-lifting displays that is typical of this and several other kingbird species. (S6)

White-throated Kingbird Tyrannus albogularis Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Similar to Tropical Kingbird T. melancholicus, but note the paler head contrasting strongly with the black mask and the lack of olive on the breast. (D3)

Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus melancholicus Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. A common and familiar bird, found all the way from Arizona to Argentina, with vagrants turning up over much of North America. (D3)

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. (D3)

Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans vociferans Oaxaca city, Mexico. (S5)

Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis dominicensis 20 km south of Calabozo, Guárico 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. (D3)		Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra holerythra La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. (D2)

Grayish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex frederici Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. Photographed from the top of a canopy tower. (S6)

Sirystes Sirystes sibilator sibilator Hotel do Ypê, Itatiaia NP, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. It was at the lodge restaurant in the morning, feeding on moths that had come into the lights overnight. (S6)

Rufous Casiornis Casiornis rufus Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. A distinctive flycatcher of central South America. (S5)

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. (D2)

Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer lawrenceii Sierra de las Tuxtlas, Veracruz state, Mexico. One of the most widespread member of the genus, found from the southwestern US to northern Argentina. (S5)

Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer nigriceps Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. (S6)

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. (D3)		Venezuelan Flycatcher Myiarchus venezuelensis Cata, Aragua state, Venezuela. Endemic to dry forest and woodland from NE Colombia to N Venezuela. (D3)

Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox australis Pousada Piuval, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Short-crested Flycatchers usually have all black bills, but this one shows a but of reddish in it. I'm pretty sure the bird was calling but I don't remember for sure. In any case, the similar Swainson's Flycatcher M. swainsoni would be paler overall. (S6)

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. (S6)

Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus phaeocephalus Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque department, Peru. A flycatcher found in drier habitats of W Ecuador and NW Peru. (S6)

Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi inquietus Zipolite, Oaxaca state, Mexico. (S5)

Pale-edged Flycatcher Myiarchus cephalotes cephalotes Chinapinza, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador. Named for the white edges to the outer tail feathers. It occurs in mountane forest from northern Venezuela to Bolivia. (S6)

Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus bahiae Canudos-Jeremoaba road, Bahia state, Brazil. This one shows an obvious bushy brown crown, conspicuous rufous on the undertail, and rufous flight feathers. They can sometimes be more difficult to ID. (S6)

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 locate it (example). (D3)

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. (D3)

Dull-capped Attila Attila bolivianus bolivianus Transpantanal Highway, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Sometimes called White-eyed Attila, though that is a misleading name, since other Attila species can occasionally have aberrant pale irides. (D3)

Gray-hooded Attila Attila rufus rufus Intervales State Park, São Paulo state, Brazil. Endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest of E and SE Brazil. (S6)

Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus citreopygus La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. They range in color from olive to rufous. This is a brown morph, about half way between. (D3)