© GW - monacoeye • All rights reserved • Gambia, Mar 2013

Bird name: White-fronted Black Chat
Latin: Pentholaea albifrons
Other:
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers
Range: W, C, E Africa incl Gambia
Similar:

These White-fronted Black Chats were feeding from a termite nest.

The male White-fronted Black Chat has a white spot on its forehead. The female White-fronted Black Chat is all black.

Below, female White-fronted Black Chat - Gambia, Mar 2013


Below, male White-fronted Black Chat dives into termite nest - Gambia, Mar 2013


Below, termite nest opened by White-fronted Black Chats - Gambia, Mar 2013
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© GW - monacoeye • All rights reserved • Gambia, February 2013

Bird name: Northern Black Flycatcher
Latin: Melaenornis edolioides
Other: Gobemouche drongo (Fr)
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers
Range: W, C, E Africa incl Gambia, Kenya etc
Similar:

The Northern Black Flycatcher, all black …More photos...

© GW - monacoeye • All rights reserved • Nice Airport • April 2013

Bird name: European Pied Flycatcher
Latin: Ficedula hypoleuca
Other: Pied Flycatcher (Collins). Gobe-mouche noir (Fr)
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers
Range: Europe
Similar:

Wonderful view of this European Pied Flycatcher this morning at Nice Airport on the banks of the Var. This is the only time of the year I get to see them.

Large white wing patch on male European Pied Flycatcher. Two white “headlights” above bill. White underbelly. Otherwise dark brown.

Below, European Pied Flycatcher, Nice Airport, France, April 2013
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© GW - monacoeye • Alpes Maritimes, France • Feb 2011

Bird name: European Robin
Latin: Erithacus rubecula
Other: Robin (UK) • Rouge-gorge familier (Fr) • Rotkehlchen (De) • Petirrojo (Es) • Pettirosso (It) • Pisco-de-peito-ruivo (Pt)
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers
Range: Widespread Eurasia, also N AFrica
Similar:

The European Robin is particularly visible in Monaco and the Alpes Maritimes in the winter. Also a typical garden bird in the UK, much loved and traditionally pictured on Christmas cards.

The adult Robin has a very characteristic red breast and face and is unlikely to be confused with any other bird in Europe.

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© GW - monacoeye • France, December 2010 • All rights reserved

Bird name: Black Redstart
Latin: Phoenicurus ochruros
Other: Rouge Queue Noir (Fr), Colirrojo tizón (Es), Codirosso spazzacamino (It), Hausrotschwanz (De), Rabirruivo-preto (Pt)
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers
Range: Europe, Asia, North Africa
Similar: Common Redstart

Male, above, and female or immature below. The Black Redstart is one of the more common birds along the Mediterranean coast, especially in winter.

Black Redstarts like to stand on relative high points, like rocks, posts or the apex of rooftops and bob up and down.

Males are mostly dark grey, blackish around the eye and throat with russet tail, and some white on wings. Females and immatures are plainer and mousier and can be confused with the similar Common Redstart in the summer.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • El Valle, Panama • April 2010

Bird name: Bran Colored Flycatcher
Latin: Myiophobus fasciatus
Other: Bran-Coloured Flycatcher • Filipe (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Costa Rica to Argentina

The Bran-coloured Flycatcher has a brown head and cape, darker lower down the wings where two wingbars are visible. Underneath, the chest and upper belly is streaked.

Above, seen in El Valle, Panama. Lowest photo (in “more photos”) is from Ubatuba in Brazil, showing more streaking on the chest and stronger markings.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Chiriqui, May 2010

Bird name: Mountain Elaenia
Latin: Elaenia frantzii
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Elaenias
Range: Guatemala to Venezuela

The Mountain Elaenia was the most common flycatcher around the Los Quetzales lodge in Chiriqui. Birds often came to feed on berries of fruiting trees beside the hotel. Also seen elsewhere in Chiriqui.


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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Chiriqui, May 2010

Bird name: Yellowish Flycatcher
Latin: Empidonax flavescens
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Southeast Mexico to western Panama highlands

The Yellowish Flycatcher is identifiable by its prominent eye-ring. It is yellowish below and has two wing bars. This individual was low in the canopy and not too wary - typical for the Yellowish Flycatcher - so I could focus.

In Panama found only in the western highlands.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Central Panama, April 2010

Bird name: Yellow Bellied Elaenia
Latin: Elaenia flavogaster
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Elaenias
Range: Southern Mexico to Argentina

The Yellow-bellied Elaenia is distinguished by a shock of unkempt hair, or crest, which always seems raised.

Yellow-bellied Elaenias were seen several times, near the Chagres River and Gamboa Rainforest Resort, in Summit Gardens, and El Valle in Cocle Province, Panama.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, April 2010

Bird name: Panamanian Flycatcher
Latin: Myiarchus panamensis
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela

The Panamanian Flycatcher was one of the more common flycatchers in many locations in Panama.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Pipeline Road, April 2010

Bird name: Forest Elaenia
Latin: Myiopagis gaimardii
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Elaenias
Range: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Bolivia, Brazil.

We saw this Forest Elaenia on Pipeline Road in central Panama.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • El Valle, April 2010

Bird name: Dusky Capped Flycatcher
Latin: Myiarchus tuberculifer
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Flycatchers
Range: USA, Arizona, Texas, to Argentina

The Dusky Capped Flycatcher has a light grey throat area, dark cap and yellow underneath. This individual was seen in the highlands of El Valle de Anton in Panama.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Cerro Azul, Panama, April 2010

Bird name: Lesser Elaenia
Latin: Elaenia chiriquensis
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Elaenias
Range: Costa Rica to Argentina

I saw the above Lesser Elaenia in central Panama, in Cerro Azul. Then another in El Valle.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, April 2010

Bird name: Common Tody Flycatcher
Latin: Todirostrum cinereum
Other: Black-fronted Tody-Flycatcher • Espatulilla Común (Es) • Ferreirinho (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tody Flycatchers
Range: Mexico to Brazil

The Common Tody Flycatcher doesn’t mind nesting in bushes in gardens and near houses, and was easy to see in Panama.

The Common Tody Flycatcher is a small bird, yellow below and black above with pale iris with broad bill. It makes a pendulous nest with side entrance. This nest was in a small tree beside a hotel forecourt.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Chiriqui & El Valle May 2010

Bird name: Northern Tufted Flycatcher
Latin: Mitrephanes phaeocercus
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Mexico to Ecuador, highlands

I saw these Northern Tufted Flycatchers in Panama in the Chiriqui highlands and in Valle de Anton in Panama. One deep in the forest, the other in open country above the path.

The El Valle bird seemed yellower and the Chiriqui bird, below in “more photos”, more pinkish. The main identifying feature for this small flycatcher is its prominent raised tuft.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, April 2010

Bird name: Brownish Twistwing
Latin: Cnipodectes subbrunneus
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Panama, Colombia, Ecuado, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

We saw this Brownish Twistwing briefly on the Pipeline Road, in Panama. Chocolate brown, lighter underneath.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • El Valle May 2010

Bird name: Brown Capped Tyrannulet
Latin: Ornithion brunneicapillus
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

The Brown-capped Tyrannulet has a brown cap and white supercilium which runs round the front of its head. Yellow underparts, olive green upperparts.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama City, April 2010

Bird name: Sulphur Bellied Flycatcher
Latin: Myiodynastes luteiventris
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Arizona to Costa Rica, migrating to Colombia to Brazil, via Panama etc.
Similar: Streaked Flycatcher

The Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher looks very similar to the Streaked Flycatcher, which is much more common in Panama.

The Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher is differentiated by a yellower belly and dark malar stripe which forms a black chinstrap below the bill. Feathers under the tail are not streaked.

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Chiriqui & El Valle May 2010

Bird name: Southern Bentbill
Latin: Oncostoma olivaceum
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Panama and Colombia
Similar: Northern Bentbill

The Southern Bentbill is an odd looking bird, with an unusually large, thick, curved bill, as its name suggests.

The Southern Bentbill has yellow-olive underparts and lives in central and eastern panama, while the Northern Bentbill has a greyish throat and lives in western Panama.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Chiriqui & El Valle May 2010

Bird name: Black Capped Pygmy Tyrant
Latin: Myiornis atricapillus
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador

The Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant really is a tiny bird. In fact the smallest passerine in Panama. It has almost no tail, a black cap, white around eye, light underneath, and yellowish upperparts.

We saw this Black-Capped Pygmy Tyrant on the Pipeline Road in central Panama.

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • El Valle, Panama, April 2010

Bird name: White Throated Spadebill
Latin: Platyrinchus mystaceus
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Costa Rica, Panama to Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil

This White-throated Spadebill had made its nest right beside the path, in the forked stem of young tree. The canopy was very dark and wet, even at midday.

The White-throated Spadebill is differentiated from other Spadebills in Panama by its white throat. A very small bird. Seen in the highlands of El Valle.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • El Valle May 2010

Bird name: Pale Eyed Pygmy Tyrant
Latin: Atalotriccus pilaris
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil

Another record shot of a small bird in an unhelpful pose! The Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant has pale irises, light underparts, faint streaking on chest, quite a long thin bill.

We saw this Pale-Eyed Pygmy Tyrant in El Valle de Anton in west-central Panama.

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Chiriqui & El Valle May 2010

Bird name: Ochre Bellied Flycatcher
Latin: Mionectes oleagineus
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Mexico to Brazil

A couple of record shots an Ochre-bellied Flycatcher in Panama, recognisable by its ochre belly.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • El Valle May 2010

Bird name: Olive Striped Flycatcher
Latin: Mionectes olivaceus
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Just a record shot of this Olive-striped Flycatcher seen in the El Valle highlands in Panama.

The Olive-striped Flycatcher has streaked underparts, with a quite long thin bill and conspicuous white spot behind the eye.

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Chiriqui & El Valle May 2010

Bird name: Piratic Flycatcher
Latin: Mitrephanes phaeocercus
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Mexico to Argentina, Brazil

We saw Piratic Flycatchers fairly often in Panama, but they were often in tall trees and moved off fairly quickly. They have streaked chests, and dark mask, but are much smaller than the Streaked Flycatcher, with short bills.

They take the nests of Orependolas, Caciques, Panamanian Flycatchers etc. driving away the original inhabitants.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Pipeline Rd, Panama, April 2010

Bird name: Golden Crowned Spadebill
Latin: Platyrinchus coronatus
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Nicaragua to Brazil

Just one brief view of this Golden-crowned Spadebill. It is a very small bird, with hardly any tail, but a wide bill. Black vertical bands on the face below the eye and chestnut cap.

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, April 2010

Bird name: Black Headed Tody Flycatcher
Latin: Todirostrum nigriceps
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tody Flycatchers
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

Just a record shot of the Black-headed Tody Flycatcher in Panama. It is a tiny bird, which likes to stay at the top of tall trees so very difficult to photograph!

The Black-headed Tody Flycatcher is yellow below, dark above but with white throat.

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, April 2010

Bird name: Boat Billed Flycatcher
Latin: Megarynchus pitangua
Other: Neinei (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Mexico to Brazil
Similar: Great Kiskadee

The Boat-billed Flycatcher is similar to the Great Kiskadee but has a larger, wider bill and is not so rufous. The Boat-billed Flycatcher has an olive tone to its upperparts.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, April 2010

Bird name: Lesser Kiskadee
Latin: Philohydor lictor
Other: Pitangus lictor • Bem-te-vizinho (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Panama to Brazil
Similar: Social Flycatcher, Rusty-Margined Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee

These Lesser Kiskadees were seen together alighting on narrow branches above a shady brook at the Ammo Ponds in central Panama. They are usually seen in pairs and near water.

They look very similar to the Rusty Margined Flycatcher, but have longer more pointed bills than the latter.

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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, April 2010

Bird name: Eastern Kingbird
Latin: Tyrannus tyrannus
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: North America, migrating to South America, via Panama etc

These Eastern Kingbirds were migrating northwards when we saw them in central Panama in April. More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Brazil, Nov 09 - Panama, Dec 10

Bird name: Social Flycatcher
Latin: Myiozetetes similis
Other: Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher • Bentevizinho-de-penacho-vermelho (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Mexico to northeast Argentina

The Social Flycatcher is a bit smaller and slighter than the superficially similar Great Kiskadee. The Social Flycatcher has a more curved culmen (top part of bill) and smaller bill. The white band does not complete all the way round its head.

The Social Flycatcher can be found in much of Latin America and most of Brazil. The lowest photo in “more photos” is from Panama. More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, April 2010

Bird name: Rusty Margined Flycatcher
Latin: Myiozetetes cayanensis
Other: Bentevizinho-de-asa-ferrugínea (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia,Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil
Similar: Social Flycatcher, Lesser Kiskadee, Great Kiskadee

The Rusty-margined Flycatcher has slight rufous edging to the wing. Often near water. Seen here near Ammo Ponds, in the canal zone of central Panama.

They look very similar to some other flycatchers, such as the Social Flycatcher, so I’m relying on the guide’s ID for these.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Alpes Maritimes May 2010

Bird name: Blue Rock Thrush
Latin: Monticola solitarius
Other: Monticole bleu (Fr)
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers
Range: Mediterannean rim, northern mostly, through central Asia to China and Malaysia.
Habitat: Rocky, steep, mountainous.

Nice to see this Blue Rock Thrush in the same spot that I saw it in February last year.

The Blue Rock Thrush, which is a chat, not a thrush, prefers rocky, mountainous habitats.
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Photos copyright: AS/monacoeye • Lake Manyara • Oct 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Spotted Morning Thrush
Latin: Cichladusa guttata
Other:
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers, Palm Thrushes
Range:
Similar:

The Spotted Morning-thrush is found in eastern sub-Saharan Africa. These were seen at Lake Manyara and Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania.

The Spotted-morning thrush is identified by its strongly spotted chest. Here also with rufous tail.

This ID probably needs confirmation…

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Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Mount Kenya • Oct 2009

Bird name: White Eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Latin: Melaenornis fischeri
Other:
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers

A nice photo of the White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, which lives in the highlands of East Africa.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Itatiaia November 2009

Bird name: Variegated Flycatcher
Latin: Empidonomus varius
Other: Peitica (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Flycatchers

The Variegated Flycatcher range extends from Argentina to Venezuela and it is found throughout Brazil - these were seen in Ubatuba.

The Variegated Flycatcher looks similar to the Streaked Flycatcher, but is slighter, less streaked, with smaller bill, which is darker underneath. White edging to wings is prominent as is the rufous edging to tail feathers.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Itatiaia November 2009

Bird name: Streaked Flycatcher
Latin: Myiodynastes maculatus
Other: Bem-ti-vi-rajado (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Flycatchers

The Streaked Flycatcher range extends from Mexico to Argentina and it is found throughout Brazil. These photos were taken in Itatiaia.

The Streaked Flycatcher looks similar to the Variegated Flycatcher, but is larger, more strongly marked and with bigger bill. The bill is also partly light and pinkish underneath.

The individual below (in “more photos”) was very vociferous.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Itatiaia November 2009

Bird name: Short Crested Flycatcher
Latin: Myiarchus ferox
Other: Maria-cavaleira (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Flycatchers

These photos have been identified as probably Short-crested Flycatchers. They were mostly taken in Itatiaia in November. However there are a few very similar birds in the region, such as Swainson’s Flycatcher, so treat this ID with caution.

The Short-crested Flycatcher is widespread in Brazil, present in all areas other than Rio Grande do Sul. In Itatiaia they would visit the lodge and catch moths on the veranda. Its range extends from Argentina to Venezuela.More photos...

Photos copyright: monacoeye • Cote d’Azur, France • October 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: European Stonechat
Latin: Saxicola torquatus
Other: Saxicola rubicola • Saxicola torquata • Common Stonechat • Tarier pâtre (Fr)
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers, Chats

The Stonechat is a small bird, present throughout the year on the Cote d’Azur, and found throughout most of Europe, especially in the summer. The similar Whinchat has a stronger white supercilium and an extra patch of white on the wing (male).

The name of this bird seems to be in flux currently. S. torquatus, torquata and rubicola all are used. Common Stonechat is the older broader name, European Stonechat is narrower grouping. The Chats used to be grouped with Thrushes, but now are considered Old World Flycatchers.

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Photos copyright: VM/monacoeye • Treviso, Italy • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Spotted Flycatcher
Latin: Muscicapa striata
Other: Gobe-Mouche Gris (Fr) • Pigliamosche (It)
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers

A nice picture of a Spotted Flycatcher above sent in by Valerie from her garden in Italy. Note the faintly streaked chest and head and slightly lighter supercilium. Otherwise not much in the way of prominent features.

While most birds cannot distinguish between their own eggs and others, the Spotted Flycatcher can discriminate well. This suggests it was once parasitised by the Cuckoo but successfully adapted its defence though egg recognition.

I saw half a dozen Spotted Flycatchers in the Danube Delta region, particularly near the coastal area - numbers have reportedly fallen off in the UK.More photos...

Photos: VM/monacoeye • Treviso, Italy • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Common Redstart
Latin: Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Other: Redstart • Rouge-queue à front blanc (Fr) • Codirosso (It)
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers
Range: Europe, Asia, Africa

Above, lovely bright colours of the male Common Redstart in northern Italy, from Valerie.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Ubatuba & Mostardas November 2009

Bird name: Fork Tailed Flycatcher
Latin: Tyrannus savana
Other: Tesourinha (Br) • Tijereta sabanera (Es)
Family: Tyrannidae • Kingbirds

The Fork-tailed Flycatcher is found throughout much of South America, migrating north in the austral winter.

It is immediately identifiable by its extremely long tail feathers and black cap.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Itatiaia, Ubatuba • November 2009

Bird name: Cliff Flycatcher
Latin: Hirundinea ferruginea
Other: Gibão-de-couro (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers

The plumage of the Cliff Flycatcher is in tones of rufous brown, with a very small amount of light around the eye and a dark bill.

Cliff Flycatchers seemed fairly common in Itatiaia and Ubatuba, with a pair nesting on the windowsill of one of the chalets in Ubatuba - see photos below (“more photos”).

The female, presumably, was usually on the nest when I passed, with the male in attendance, either on the balcony of another chalet overlooking the nest (see photo) or flying around catching insects. Occasionally the female would join him on the balcony fence and they would both survey their brood of three eggs from a distance of about ten metres.

In Ubatuba I saw several Cliff Flycatchers on telephone wires, and in Itatiaia a group of them appeared at the top of a tree and then mobbed a passing Rufous-thighed Hawk.

Most of the range of the Cliff Flycatcher lies in Brazil, but there are other populations in South America east of the Andes.


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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Ubatuba • November 2009

Bird name: Yellow Lored Tody Flycatcher
Latin: Todirostrum poliocephalum
Other: Gray-headed Tody-flycatcher • Teque-teque (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tody Flycatchers

The Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher is instantly recognisable by its yellow “head-lights”. Its iris has a hint of red, underparts are bright yellow, and upperside and head mostly darker greenish with black and yellow highlights, with two yellow wingbars.

The Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher has a relatively small range. It is only found in Brazil, in the eastern part of the country, from Bahia to Santa Catarina.More photos...

Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Itatiaia • November 2009

Bird name: Sepia Capped Flycatcher
Latin: Leptopogon amaurocephalus
Other: Cabeçudu (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers

The Sepia-capped Flycatcher is a great little flycatcher which lives in tropical and sub-tropical forest. I was very pleased to get such a good view of this bird in Itatiaia and the photo above is one of my personal favourites from that Brazil trip.

The Sepia-capped Flycatcher’s range extends from Argentina to Mexico and can be found in most of Brazil excluding the Amazon basin.

Sepia-capped Flycatcher identification: brownish cap, dark mark around the ear area. Yellowish belly, darker chest. From behind, strong lines on wings.

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Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Lagoa do Peixe • November 2009

Bird name: Vermilion Flycatcher
Latin: Pyrocephalus rubinus
Other: Príncipe (Br) • Churrinche (Es)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers

The male Vermilion Flycatcher is unmistakable with his striking red head and body and brown mask and wings.The female is brown and white mostly. Found in most of the Americas from Texas to Argentina.

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Photos copyright: monacoeye • Cote d’Azur, France • Summer 2009 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Whinchat
Latin: Saxicola rubetra
Other: Tarier des prés
Family: Muscicapidae • Old World Flycatchers

Whinchats and Stonechats although not that rare, are very hard to photograph, as they tend to keep their distance and are very small. Hence the poor images … The male (top) gets quite colourful in the spring. The presumed female below - is more monochrome.More photos...

159 Monarchidae - Monarchs, Paradise Flycatchers - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Hypothymis azurea - Black-naped Monarch - Widespread Asia, also Sulawesi & Lesser Sundas
Hypothymis helenae - Short-crested Monarch - Philippines
Hypothymis coelestis - Celestial Monarch - Philippines

Eutrichomyias rowleyi - Cerulean Paradise Flycatcher - Sangihe Island

Dusky Crested Flycatcher, White-bellied Crested Flycatcher, & White-tailed Crested Flycatcher to Elminia
Trochocercus cyanomelas - Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher - E, SE Africa
Trochocercus nitens - Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher - W, C Africa

Terpsiphone bedfordi - Bedford's Paradise Flycatcher - E Democratic Republic of the Congo
Terpsiphone rufocinerea - Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher - WC Africa
Terpsiphone rufiventer - Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher - WC Africa - NB name
Terpsiphone smithii - Annobon Paradise Flycatcher - Annobon Is. Africa - Split from T. rufiventer
Terpsiphone batesi - Bates's Paradise Flycatcher - C, EC Africa
Terpsiphone viridis - African Paradise Flycatcher - Widespread Africa, also Arabian Peninsula
Terpsiphone paradisi - Asian Paradise Flycatcher - Widespread Asia, also Lesser Sundas
Terpsiphone atrocaudata - Japanese Paradise Flycatcher - E, Eurasia, also Philippines - SE Asia and Philippines
Terpsiphone cyanescens - Blue Paradise Flycatcher - Philippines
Terpsiphone cinnamomea - Rufous Paradise Flycatcher - Philippines
Terpsiphone atrochalybeia - Sao Tome Paradise Flycatcher - São Tomé Africa
Terpsiphone mutata - Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher - Madagascar region
Terpsiphone corvina - Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher - Seychelles Islands
Terpsiphone bourbonnensis - Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher - La Réunion, Mauritius

Chasiempis sandwichensis - Elepaio - Hawaiian Islands

Pomarea dimidiata - Rarotonga Monarch - Cook Islands
Pomarea nigra - Tahiti Monarch - Society Islands
Pomarea mendozae - Marquesan Monarch - Marquesas Islands
Pomarea iphis - Iphis Monarch - Marquesas Islands
Pomarea whitneyi - Fatuhiva Monarch - Marquesas Islands

Mayrornis schistaceus - Vanikoro Monarch - Santa Cruz Is
Mayrornis versicolor - Versicolored Monarch - Fiji Islands
Mayrornis lessoni - Slaty Monarch - Fiji Islands

Neolalage banksiana - Buff-bellied Monarch - Vanuatu

Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides - Southern Shrikebill - Vanuatu, New Caledonia
Clytorhynchus vitiensis - Fiji Shrikebill - Fiji Islands, Tonga, Samoa
Clytorhynchus nigrogularis - Black-throated Shrikebill - Fiji Islands
Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis - Santa Cruz Shrikebill - Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Islands - Split from C. nigrogularis
Clytorhynchus hamlini - Rennell Shrikebill - Solomon Islands

Metabolus rugensis - Chuuk Monarch - Caroline Islands

Separate 19 Monarcha to Symposiachrus
Symposiachrus axillaris - Black Monarch - New Guinea
Symposiachrus guttula - Spot-winged Monarch - New Guinea
Symposiachrus mundus - Black-bibbed Monarch - Lesser Sundas
Symposiachrus sacerdotum - Flores Monarch - Lesser Sundas
Symposiachrus boanensis - Black-chinned Monarch - S Moluccas
Symposiachrus trivirgatus - Spectacled Monarch - Widespread Australasia
Symposiachrus bimaculatus - Moluccan Monarch - N Moluccas
Symposiachrus leucurus - White-tailed Monarch - Kai Islands
Symposiachrus everetti - White-tipped Monarch - Lesser Sundas
Symposiachrus loricatus - Black-tipped Monarch - S Moluccas
Symposiachrus julianae - Kofiau Monarch - Kofiau Island
Symposiachrus brehmii - Biak Monarch - Biak Island
Symposiachrus manadensis - Hooded Monarch - New Guinea
Symposiachrus infelix - Manus Monarch - Admiralty Islands
Symposiachrus menckei - Mussau Monarch - Bismarck Archipelago
Symposiachrus verticalis - Black-tailed Monarch - Bismarck Archipelago
Symposiachrus barbatus - Solomons Monarch - Solomon Islands
Symposiachrus browni - Kolombangara Monarch - Solomon Islands - NB name
Symposiachrus vidua - White-collared Monarch - Solomon Islands

Monarcha rubiensis - Rufous Monarch - New Guinea
Monarcha cinerascens - Island Monarch - Sulawesi to Solomon Islands
Monarcha melanopsis - Black-faced Monarch - E Australia
Monarcha frater - Black-winged Monarch - New Guinea
Monarcha erythrostictus - Bougainville Monarch - Solomon Islands
Monarcha castaneiventris - Chestnut-bellied Monarch - Solomon Islands
Monarcha richardsii - White-capped Monarch - Solomon Islands
Monarcha godeffroyi - Yap Monarch - Caroline Islands
Monarcha takatsukasae - Tinian Monarch - Mariana Islands

Carterornis leucotis - White-eared Monarch - NE Australia - White-eared Monarch and White-naped Monarch were Monarcha
Carterornis pileatus - White-naped Monarch - Moluccas
Carterornis chrysomela - Golden Monarch - New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago

Arses insularis - Ochre-collared Monarch - N New Guinea - New name
Arses telescopthalmus - Frilled Monarch - New Guinea
Arses lorealis - Frill-necked Monarch - NE Australia
Arses kaupi - Pied Monarch - NE Australia

Grallina cyanoleuca - Magpie-lark - Australia
Grallina bruijni - Torrent-lark - New Guinea

Myiagra oceanica - Oceanic Flycatcher - Caroline Islands
Myiagra erythrops - Palau Flycatcher - Caroline Islands
Myiagra freycineti - Guam Flycatcher - Mariana Islands
Myiagra pluto - Pohnpei Flycatcher - Caroline Islands
Myiagra galeata - Moluccan Flycatcher - Moluccas
Myiagra atra - Biak Black Flycatcher - Biak Island
Myiagra rubecula - Leaden Flycatcher - NE, S New Guinea, N, E Australia
Myiagra ferrocyanea - Steel-blue Flycatcher - Solomon Islands
Myiagra cervinicauda - Makira Flycatcher - Solomon Islands
Myiagra caledonica - Melanesian Flycatcher - Solomon Islands, Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia
Myiagra vanikorensis - Vanikoro Flycatcher - Fiji Islands, Santa Cruz Islands
Myiagra albiventris - Samoan Flycatcher - Samoa
Myiagra azureocapilla - Azure-crested Flycatcher - Fiji Islands
Myiagra ruficollis - Broad-billed Flycatcher - Lesser Sundas, S New Guinea, N Australia - includes M. fulviventris (Tanimbar Flycatcher)
Myiagra cyanoleuca - Satin Flycatcher - SE Australia
Myiagra alecto - Shining Flycatcher - Moluccas to Bismarck Archipelago, N Australia
Myiagra hebetior - Velvet Flycatcher - Bismarck Archipelago
Myiagra nana - Paperbark Flycatcher - SC New Guinea, N Australia - Split from M. inquieta
Myiagra inquieta - Restless Flycatcher - SE New Guinea, Australia