The tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) occur throughout North and South America. They are now considered the largest family of birds on Earth, with around 400 species. As could be expected from a family this large, the members vary greatly in habitat, shape, patterns and colors. Some Tyrant flycatchers superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers. Most, but not all, are rather plain, and many have erectile crests. Most are insectivorous, but some will eat fruit or small vertebrates.
The Tyrannidae family is presented in these web pages:
1) Tyrants, Black-Tyrants, Tit-Tyrants 2) Pygmy Tyrants, Tody-Flycatchers, Tody-Tyrants
3) Tyrants, Bush-Tyrants, Chat-Tyrants, Ground-Tyrants, Shrike Tyrants; Monjitas
4) Tyrannulets 5) Doradito, Elaenia, Tachuri
6) Flycatchers, Spadebills, Twistwings 7) Flycatchers, Pewees, Phoebes
8) Flycatchers, Attilas, Flatbills, Sirystes 9) Flycatchers, Kingbirds, Kiskadees
Pygmy-Tyrant, Tody-Flycatcher, Tody-Tyrant
Genus Atalotriccus - 1 species
Tyrant,_Pale-eyed_Pygmy- Atalotriccus pilaris Found: mainly Panama, Columbia, Venezuela; also Brazil, Guyana
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Jorge_Munoz_García, Jay_McGowan 3) Nick Athanas - Columbia
Genus Euscarthmus
Tyrant,_Rufous-sided_Pygmy- Euscarthmus rufomarginatus Found: mainly Brazil; also Bolivia, Paraguay
The Rufous-sided Pygmy-Tyrant has dull brown upperparts; pale buffy supercilium; 2 dull buff wing-bars; white throat; rufous breast, flanks.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Brazil 2) Joao_Quental
Tyrant,_Tawny-crowned_Pygmy- Euscarthmus meloryphus Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.
The Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant has tawny upperparts; brighter tawny crown patch; white underparts.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2) Dario_Sanches - Brazil 3) Amy_McAndrews - Peru
Genus Hemitriccus
The Pygmy-tyrants and Tody-tyrants.
Tyrant,_Brown-breasted_Pygmy- Hemitriccus obsoletus Found: Argentina, Brazil
The Brown-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant is similar to the Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyant. It has brownish hue to breast.
Image by: 1) Francesco_Veronesi - Brazil 2) Claudio_Timm.jpg){kind=link}
Tyrant,_Drab-breasted_Pygmy- Found: mainly southeast Brazil; also Argentian, Paraguay
The Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant has olive upperparts; drab grayish underparts; pale loral area.
Image by: 1) qq - Brazil 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Cal Martins, Joao_Quental
Tyrant,_Flammulated_Pygmy- Hemitriccus flammulatus Found: Bolivia, Peru
The Flammulated Pygmy-Tyrant has mainly brown plumage; darker brown wings.
Image by: 1) Joao_Quental
Tyrant,_Acre_Tody- Hemitriccus cohnhafti Found:southwest Brazil
The Acre Tody-Tyrant has mainly olive upperparts; 2 bronzy wing-bars; pale olive throat, breast with creamy yellow streaks.
Image by: 1) Joao_Quental Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao_Quental, Andrew_Whittaker
Tyrant,_Black-throated_Tody- Hemitriccus granadensis Found: Venezuela to Bolivia
The Black-throated Tody-Tryant has olive-green upperparts, crown; black throat, pale lores; grayish-white underparts.
Image by: 1) Ana_Agreda 2, 3) Nick Athanas - Ecuador
Tyrant,_Boat-billed_Tody- Hemitriccus josephinae Found: northwest Brazil, the Guianas
The Boat-billed Tody-Tyrant has broad bill.
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Kurazo_Okada
Tyrant,_Buff-breasted_Tody- Hemitriccus mirandae Found: eastern Brazil
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas 2) Antonio_Pessoa
Tyrant,_Buff-throated_Tody- Hemitriccus rufigularis Found: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
The Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant has olive-green upperparts; grayer crown; dull buff neck sides, throat, upper-breast.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Ecuador
Tyrant,_Cinnamon-breasted_Tody- Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus Found: southern Ecuador, northern Peru
The Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant has green upperparts;dull tawny eye-ring; tawny breast; yellow belly.
Image by: 1, 2) Ana_Agreda
Tyrant,_Eye-ringed_Tody- Hemitriccus orbitatus Found: Brazil
The Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant has white eye-ring, loral line.
Image by: 1) Hector_Bottai 2) Dario_Sanches
Tyrant,_Fork-tailed_Tody- Hemitriccus furcatus Found: Brazil
The Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant has a forked tail with white tip.
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Tyrant,_Hangnest_Tody- Hemitriccus nidipendulus Found: Brazil
The Hangnest Tody-Tyrant has yellowish-green upperparts; pale lores, eyes; whitish underparts. It utilizes a hanging nest, as is true for most tody-tyrants.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Brazil 2) Dario_Sanches 3) Savio Bruno
Tyrant,_Johannes's_Tody- Hemitriccus iohannis Found: mainly Bolivia, western Brazil, Peru; also southern Ecuador
Similar to: Striped-neck Tody-Tyrant. Striped-neck Tody-Tyrant has bolder streaks on it neck and breast than Johannes's Tody-Tyrant. Johannes's Tody-Tyrant has more obvious wing edging.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao_Quental
Tyrant,_Kaempfer's_Tody- Hemitriccus kaempferi Found: southeastern Brazil
The Kaempfer's tody-Tyrant has olive-green upperparts; paler underparts.
Image by: 1) Claudio_Timm 2) Nick Athanas - Brazil
Tyrant,_Pearly-vented_Tody- Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer Found: South America
The Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant has olive-brown upperparts; gray crown and nape; reddish-brown bill; off-white underparts with gray streaks.
Image by: 1) Dario Niz - Uruguay 2) Ron Knight - Columbia 3) Nick Athanas - Brazil
Tyrant,_Pelzzeln's_Tody- Hemitriccus inornatus Found: northern Brazil
The Pelzzeln's Tody-Tyrant is most easily located by its stuttering, trilled vocalization, which is most similar to that of the Zimmer’s Tody-Tyrant.
Image by: 1) Anselmo_d’Affonseca
Tyrant,_Stripe-necked_Tody- Hemitriccus striaticollis Found: mainly Brazil; also Bolivia, Columbia, Peru
Similar to: Johannes's Tody-Tyrant. Striped-neck Tody-Tyrant has bolder streaks on it neck and breast than Johannes's Tody-Tyrant. Johannes's Tody-Tyran has more obvious wing edging.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Brazil 2, 3) Claudio_Timm
Tyrant,_White-bellied_Tody- Hemitriccus griseipectus Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
The White-bellied Tody-Tyrant has olive-green upperparts; grayish white underparts; pale iris.
Image by: 1) Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2) Nick Athanas - Brazil
Tyrant,_White-eyeed_Tody- Hemitriccus zosterops Found: north of Amazon River
The White-eyee Tody-Tyrant is found in Brazil, Columbia, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.It has olive-green upperparts; grayish underpart with olive shading to breast; white eyes and narrow white eye-ring.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Columbia 2) Hector Bottai
Tyrant,_Zimmer's_Tody- Hemitriccus minimus Found: mainly Brazil; also Bolivia, Peru
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Brazil
Genus Lophotriccus
Tyrant,_Double-banded_Pygmy- Lophotriccus vitiosus Found: Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru
The Double-banded Pygmy-Tyrant has olive upperparts; whitish underparts; yellowish flanks; black crest with rufous edges; pale wing-bars.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Columbia 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Kurazo_Okada in Brazil
Tyrant,_Helmented_Pygmy- Lophotriccus galeatus Found: Brazil, Columbia, the Guinanas, Venezuela
Image by: 1) Feroze_Omardeen - Guyana 2) Claudio_Timm - Brazil
Tyrant,_Long-crested_Pygmy- Lophotriccus eulophotes Found: mainly eastern Brazil; also Bolivia, Peru
The Long-crested Pygmy-Tyrant has olive upperparts; gray-streaked whitish underparts; no wing-bars.
Image by: 1) Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joe_Tobias
Tyrant,_Scale-crested_Pygmy- Lophotriccus pileatus Found: Hondoras to Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela
The Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant has long black crown feathers edge with red.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2) Chris_Jimenez 3) Tony_Castro - Ecuador
Genus Myiornis
Tyrant,_Black-capped_Pygmy- Myiornis atricapillus Found: Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador
The Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant has bright upperparts; yellow wing edges; white lores, eye-ring, underparts. Male has gray head; male has black head.
Image by: 1, 2) Nick Athanas - Ecuador 3) Aaron_Maizlish - Panama
Tyrant,_Eared Pygmy- Myiornis auricularis Found: South America
The Eared Pygmy-Tyrant has olive upperparts; whitish throat streaked with black; dark wings and tail both with yellow outer edges; yellow underparts; large black arc behind the eye.
Similar to: White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant. The Eared Pygmy-Tyran has a bigger ear patch than the White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant.
Image by: 1) Claudio Timm 2) Dario Sanches - Brazil 3) Nick Athanas - BrazilSimilar to: White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant. The Eared Pygmy-Tyran has a bigger ear patch than the White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant.
Tyrant,_Short-tailed_Pygmy- Myiornis ecaudatus Found: northern South America
The Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant has bright green upperparts; yellow wing edges; mainly gray head; white lores, eye-ring, underparts.
Image by: 1) Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2) Claudio_Timm 3)_Nick Athanas - Brazil 4) Feroze_Omardeen
Tyrant,_White-bellied_Pygmy- Myiornis albiventris Found: Bolivia, Peru
The White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant has off-white underparts with faint streaks; dark ear arc.
Similar to: Eared Pygmy-Tyrant. The Eared Pygmy-Tyran has a bigger ear patch than the White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant.
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Christophe_Gouraud on Peru 3) Nick Athanas - EcuadorSimilar to: Eared Pygmy-Tyrant. The Eared Pygmy-Tyran has a bigger ear patch than the White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant.
Genus Poecilotriccus
Flycatcher,_Black-and-white_Tody- Poecilotriccus capitalis Found: Brazil, Columbia, Ecudor, Peru
The male Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher has black upperparts; narrow white lores; mainly white underparts. Female has olive-green upperparts; rufous crown; grayish underparts.
Image by: 1) Arthur Grosset Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Arthur_Grosset 2, 3) Nick Athanas - Ecuador1) Female 2, 3) Male
Flycatcher,_Black-backed_Tody- Poecilotriccus pulchellus Found: Peru
The Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher has black upperparts (female dark olive) with yellow wing patches; white throat; yellow underparts; black eyes.
Image by: 1) Joaquin Ugarte Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Gary_Rosenberg, Joaquín_Ugarte 2) Kristian Svensson
Flycatcher,_Buff-cheeked_Tody- Poecilotriccus senex Found: Brazil
The Buff-cheeked Tody has cinnamon_buff face; whitish underparts with streaking on throat, breast.
Image by: 1) Bruno_Rennó Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Bruno_Renno
Flycatcher,_Golden-winged_Tody- Poecilotriccus calopterus Found: mainly Columbia, Ecuador; also northeastern Peru
The Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher has black head; white throat; large yellow wing-bar; chestnut shoulder patch; bright yellow underparts.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Derek_Kverno
Flycatcher,_Johnson's_Tody- also Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus luluae Found: Peru
The Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher has rufous head, nape.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Peru 2, 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Glenn_Bartley, Ian_Davies
Flycatcher, Ochre-faced Tody- Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps Found: South America
The Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher has olive upperparts; ochre face patch; gray crown; faint tawny wing-bar; light underparts. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
Image by: 1, 4) Claudio Timm - Brazil 2, 3) Dario
Sanches - Brazil 
Flycatcher,_Ruddy_Tody- Poecilotriccus russatus Found: southern Venezuela and adjacent Brazil, Guyana
The Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher has mainly green upperparts; 2 rufous wing-barsruddy face, breast; dark crown, nape; whitish belly.
Image by: 1) Joseph_Smit 2) Jacomelli
Flycatcher,_Rufous-crowned_Tody- Poecilotriccus ruficeps Found: mainly Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela; also Peru
The Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher has olive back; blackish wings; 2 yellow wing-bars; rufous cap; grayish-white collar.
Image by: 1) Alejandro_Tamayo 2, 3) Nick Athanas - Ecuador 4) Ana_Agreda - Ecuador
Flycatcher,_Rusty-fronted_Tody- Poecilotriccus latirostris Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
The Rufous-fronted Tody-Flycatcher has a rufous wash to lores, face, wingbars.
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Brazil 2) Hector Bottai
Flycatcher,_Slate-headed_Tody- Poecilotriccus sylvia Found: Mexico, Central America, Columbia, the Guianas, Venezuela
The Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher has olive-green upperparts; dark gray head; pale lores; 2 yellow wing-bars.
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Flycatcher,_Smoky-fronted_Tody- Poecilotriccus fumifrons Found: Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname
The Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher has two buffy-yellow wingbars. It hs staccato and rather tuneless trills.
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ciro_Albano, Rodrigo_Ferronato
Flycatcher,_White-cheeked_Tody- Poecilotriccus albifacies Found: Peru
Image by: 1) hbw.com 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dubi_Shapiro
Genus Pseudotriccus
Tyrant,_Bronze-olive_Pygmy- Pseudotriccus pelzelni Found: Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
The Broze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant has dark olive upperparts tinged bronze on the mantle; paler olive underparts; dull whitish throat.
Image by: 1) Steve_Blain 2) Nick_Athanas 3) Tony_Castro - Ecuador
Tyrant,_Hazel-fronted_Pygmy- Pseudotriccus simplex Found: Bolivia, Peru
The Hazel-fronted Pygmy-Tyrant has dark olive upperparts; paler underparts; rusty-brown forecrown, face.
Image by: 1, 2) Joe_Tobias Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joe_Tobias
Tyrant,_Rufous-headed_Pygmy- Pseudotriccus ruficeps Found: Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
The Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant has mainly olive plumgage; lighter underparts; bright rufous head.
Image by: 1) Francisco_Enríquez - Ecuador 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Andres_Cuervo
Genus Taeniotriccus - 1 species
Tyrant,_Black-chested Taeniotriccus andrei Found: Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela
The Black-chested Tyrant was formerly placed in genus Taeniotriccus. It has mainly black upperparts; some white on the wings; black breast, cap; whitish belly; mainly yellowish head.
Image by: 1) Hector_Bottai 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Silvia_Faustino_Linhares in Brazil
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Genus Todirostrum
Todirostrum are small insectivorous flycatchers with bills that are notably long and relatively broad and flattened (recalling a tody,
Flycatcher,_Black-headed_Tody- Todirostrum nigriceps Found: mainly Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador; also Venezuela
Image by: 1) Nick Athanas - Panama 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Bryan_Hix
Flycatcher,_Common_Tody- Todirostrum cinereum Found: South America
The Common Tody-Flycatcher has olive-green upperparts; black head; gray nape; yellow wing-bars, underparts; black bill; yellow iris.
Image by: 1, 2, 4) Dario Sanches - Brazil 3) Brian_Ralphs - Brazil 5) Barloventomagico - Venezuela 6) Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica 7) Nick Athanas - Columbia
Flycatcher,_Gray-headed_Tody- also Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum poliocephalum Found: southeastern Brazil
The Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher is also known as the Yellow-lored Flycatcher, It has olive upperparts; blackish-brown wings; black forehead; gray crown; yellow underparts.
Image by: 1) Dario_Sanches 2) Nick Athanas - Brazil 3) Ana_Carla_Azevedo
Flycatcher,_Maracaibo_Tody- Todirostrum viridanum Found: near Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Adriana_Rodríguez-Ferraro, Lermith_Torres
Flycatcher,_Painted_Tody- Todirostrum pictum Found: Brazil, the Guyanas, Venezuela
The Painted Tody-Flycatcher has mainly green upperparts; yellow edging to wings; black head with white lores;
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - Suriname 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Kester_Clarke in Guyana
Flycatcher,_Spotted_Tody- Todirostrum maculatum Found: Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, the Guinanas, Venezuela
The Spotted Tody-Flycatcher has olive upperparts; gray head; streaked throat, breast.
Image by: 1) Jacek_Kisielewski 2) Nick Athanas - Ecuador 3, 5) Jerry Oldenettel - Venezuela 4) Claudio Timm
Flycatcher,_Yellow-browed_Tody- Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
The Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher has green upperparts; black head with yellow supercilium; bright yellow underparts. Some subspecies have black streaking on breast.
Image by: 1) Amy_McAndrews - Brazil 2) Nick Athanas - Ecuador
