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
Flycatchers, Spadebills, Twistwings
Genus Aphanotriccus
Flycatcher,_Black-billed Aphanotriccus audax Found: Columbia, Panama
Image by: 1)
Gunnar_Engblom - Columbia
Flycatcher,_Tawny-chested Aphanotriccus capitalis Found: Costa Rica, Nicaragua
Image by: 1)
Dominic_Sherony - Costa Rica 2)
Kathy and Sam - Costa Rica

Genus Cnipodectes
Twistwing refers to the modified outer primaries, which possess thickened and twisted shafts.
Twistwing,_Brownish Cnipodectes subbrunneus Found: Panama, Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
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Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2, 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador


Twistwing,_Rufous Cnipodectes superrufus Found: mainly Peru; also northern Bolivia, western Brazil
Image by: 1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Silvia_Faustino_Linhares
Genus Hirundinea - 1 species
Flycatcher,_Cliff Hirundinea ferruginea Found: South America
Image by:
1, 2, 3, 4) Dario Sanches - Brazil



Genus Lathrotriccus
The Lathrotriccus flycatchers closely resemble the
Empidonax flycatchers. They breed in tropical South America.
Flycatcher,_Euler's Lathrotriccus euleri
Found: South America
Image by: 1)
Cláudio Timm 2)
Nick_Athanas 3)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil


Flycatcher,_Gray-breasted Lathrotriccus griseipectus Found: mainly Ecuador; also Peru
Image by: 1)
Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador 2)
Nick_Athanas - Ecuador

Genus Leptopogon
Flycatcher,_Inca Leptopogon taczanowskii Found: Peru
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Peru 2)
dreyernp

Flycatcher,_Rufous-breasted Leptopogon rufipectus Found: mainly Columbia, Ecuador; also Peru, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Alan_Harper - Ecuador 2)
Barloventomagico - Venezuela 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ken Chamberlain


Flycatcher,_Sepia-capped Leptopogon amaurocephalus Found:
Central and South America
Image by: 1)
Dario Sanches - Brazil 2)
Claudi Timm 3)
Nick Athanas - Argentina 4)
Luiz_Carlos Rocha - Brazil



Flycatcher,_Slaty-capped Leptopogon superciliaris Found; Central and South America
Image by:
1, 2) Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador


Genus Mionectes
The mionectes flycatchers have olive-green upperparts; tails; a lek-breeding system (polygamy with female seeking male)
Flycatcher,_Gray-hooded Mionectes rufiventris Found: mainly Brazil, Paraguay; also Argentina
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 2)
Dario_Sanches - Brazil 3)
Francesco_Veronesi - Brazil


Flycatcher,_McConnell's Mionectes macconnelli Found: Brazil, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, Venezuela
Image by: 1, 2, 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Gordon_Dimmig, Philip_Stouffer, Michel_Giraud-Audine


Flycatcher,_Ochre-bellied Mionectes oleagineus Found: Mexico to Brazil
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Alan_Harper - Honduras 3)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil


Flycatcher,_Olive-striped Mionectes olivaceus Found: Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela to Peru
Image by: 1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Jorge_Munoz_Garcia
2, 3) Nick Athanas - Panama, Peru


Flycatcher,_Streak-necked Mionectes striaticollis Found: Columbia to Bolivia
Image by: 1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Fabrice_Schmitt 2)
NBII_Image_Gallery

Genus Mitrephanes
Flycatcher,_Olive Mitrephanes olivaceus Found: Bolivia, Peru
Image by: 1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joe_Tobias in Bolivia
Flycatcher,_Tufted Mitrephanes phaeocercus Found: Mexico to northewest Ecuador
Image by: 1, 2)
Nick Athanas - Costa Rica, Ecuador 3)
Matt_MacGillivray - Costa Rica 4)
Steve Ryan
1)
M. p. aurantiiventris 2)
M. p. berlepschi



Genus Myiobius
Flycatcher,_Black-tailed Myiobius atricaudus Found: Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Image by: 1, 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador, Columbia 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Luiz_Moschini in Brazil


Flycatcher,_Sulphur-rumped Myiobius sulphureipygius Found: Mexico, Central America, Columbia, Ecuador
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Carlos_Echeverría in Guatemala 3)
Francesco_Veronesi


Flycatcher,_Tawny-breasted Myiobius villosus Found: mainly Columbia, Ecuador, Peru; also Bolivia, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Andrew_Spencer
Flycatcher,_Whiskered Myiobius barbatus Found: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Claudio_Timm 2)
Nick Athanas - Brazil

Genus Myiophobus
Flycatcher,_Bran-colored Myiophobus fasciatus Found:
Central and South America
Image by: 1)
Felix_Uribe - Columbia 2)
Dario Sanches - Brazil 3)
Dario Niz 4)
Gustavo Duran - Argentina



Flycatcher,_Flavescent Myiophobus flavicans Found: Venezuela to Peru
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Gary_Leavens - Ecuador

Flycatcher,_Olive-chested Myiophobus cryptoxanthus Found: Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Juan_Arango in Ecuador 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador

Flycatcher,_Orange-crested Myiophobus phoenicomitra Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Ana_Agreda - Ecuador 2)
Nick_Athanas - Ecuador

Flycatcher,_Roraiman Myiophobus roraimae Found: mainly Venezuala; also at other disjoint locations
Image by: 1)
Ana_Agreda
Flycatcher,_Unadorned Myiophobus inornatus Found: Bolivia, Peru
Image by: 1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Peter_Kaestner
Genus Myiotriccus - 1 species
Flycatcher,_Ornate Myiotriccus ornatus Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador 2)
Rafy_Rodriguez 3)
Alejandro_Tamayo 4)
Lip_Kee - Ecuador



Genus Neopipo - 1 species
Tyrant,_Cinnamon_Manakin- Neopipo cinnamomea Found: mainly Brazil, Ecuador, the Guinas, Peru; also Boliva, Columbia, Venezuela
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Hector_Bottai
Genus Nephelomyias
Flycatcher,_Handsome Nephelomyias pulcher Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Francesco_Veronesi - Columbia 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Arthur_Grosset in Columbia

Flycatcher,_Ochraceous-breasted Nephelomyias ochraceiventris Found: mainly Ecuador, Peru; also Bolivia
Image by: 1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dubi Shapiro 2)
Nick Athanas - Peru

Flycatcher,_Orange-banded Nephelomyias lintoni Found: southern Ecuador, northern Peru
Image by: 1)
Ana_Agreda - Ecuador 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador

Genus Nesotriccus - 1 species
Flycatcher,_Cocos Nesotriccus ridgwayi Found: island of Cocos - west of Costa Rica
Image by:
1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Kevin_Easley
Genus Onychorhynchus - 1 species
Flycatcher,_Royal Onychorhynchus coronatus Found: Mexico, Central America, South America
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Hector_Bottai 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao_Quental


Genus Platyrinchus
The spadebills have broad, flat, triangular bills.
Spadebill,_Cinnamon-crested Platyrinchus saturatus Found: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Marcelo_Barreiros
Spadebill,_Golden-crowned Platyrinchus coronatus Found: Central America, northern South America
Image by: 1, 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador, Columbia 3)
Francesco_Veronesi


Spadebill,_Russet-winged Platyrinchus leucoryphus Found: mainly Brazil; also Argentina, Paraguay
Immage by: 1)
Carlos_de_Almeida 2)
Luiz_Carlos_Rocna

Spadebill,_Stub-tailed Platyrinchus cancrominus Found: Mexico, Central America
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Mexico 2)
Steve_Garvie - Costa Rica

Spadebill,_White-crested Platyrinchus platyrhynchos Found: Brazil and countries to the north
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 2)
Claudio_Timm

Spadebill, White-throated Platyrinchus mystaceus Found:
Central and South America
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Dario Sanches - Brazil 4)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador



Spadebill, Yellow-throated Platyrinchus flavigularis Found: Columbia, Eucador, Peru, Venezuela
Image by:
1) Dick Daniels - Peru 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador

Genus Pyrrhomyias - 1 species
Flycatcher,_Cinnamon Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus Found:
South America
Image by: 1)
Cristóba Alvarado Minic - Venezuela
2, 3) Dominic
Sherony - Cusco, Peru 4, 5)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador, Columbia
4)
P. c. pyrrhoptera 5)
P. c. assimilis




Genus Sublegatus
Flycatcher,_Amazonian_Scrub- Sublegatus obscurior Found: Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dusan_Brinkhuizen in Ecuador 2)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil

Flycatcher,_Northern_Scrub- Sublegatus arenarum Found: Costa Rica, Panama, northern South America, Caribbean
Image by: 1)
Barloventomagico - Venezuela 2)
Cristobal_Alvarado_Minic - Venezuela

Flycatcher,_Southern Scrub- Sublegatus modestus Found:
South America
Image by: 1)
Cláudio Timm 2, 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ciro_Albano in Brazil, Bertrando_Campos 4)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil



Genus Suiriri
Flycatcher,_Chapada Suiriri affinis Found: mainly south-central Brazil; also adjacent Bolivia
Image by:
1, 2, 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 4)
Carlos_Henrique 5)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil




Flycatcher,_Suririri Suiriri suiriri Found:
South America
Image by: 1)
Cláudio Timm - Brazil 2)
Hector_Bottai 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil
4, 5) Jeff_Constantino




Genus Terenotriccus - 1 species
Flycatcher,_Rudty-tailed Terenotriccus erythrurus Found: Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
David Rodríguez Arias - Costa Rica 3)
Francesco_Veronesi


Genus Tolmomyias
Flycatchers in this genus are difficult to tell apart except by voice. These flycatchers are also called flatbills.
Flatbill,_Zimmer's Tolmomyias assimilis Found: east of Andes in the Amazon region
Image by: 1)
Michael_Woodruff - northwest Ecuador 2)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil

Flycatcher,_Gray-crowned Tolmomyias poliocephalus Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2)
Claudio_Timm

Flycatcher,_Orange-eyed Tolmomyias traylori Found: mainly Ecuador, Peru; also Columbia
Image by: 1)
Ian_Davies - Ecuador
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - David_Krueper
Flycatcher,_Yellow-breasted also
Yellow-breasted Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris Found:
South America
Image by: 1)
New Jersey Birds 2)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil

Flycatcher,_Yellow-margined also
Yellow-Margined Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus Found: Costa Rica, Panama, northern South America
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Columbia 2)
Aaron_Maizlish - Panama

Flycatcher,_Yellow-olive also
Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens Found: Central and South
America
Image by:
1, 2) Dario
Sanches - Brazil 3, 4)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador, Brazil
3)
T. S peruvianus 4)
T. s.
pallescens



Genus Xenotriccus
Flycatcher,_Belted Xenotriccus callizonus Found:El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico
Image by: 1)
Jorge_Montejo - Mexico 2)
Nick Athanas - Mexico 3)
Jerry_Oldenettel - Mexico


Flycatcher,_Piliated Xenotriccus mexicanus Found: western Mexico
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Mexico 2)
Dominic_Sherony
