Copyright: monacoeye • Yanacocha, Ecuador • Mar 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Ornate Flycatcher
Latin: Myiotriccus ornatus
Other: Mosquerito Adomado (Es)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Similar: Tody Flycatchers

The Ornate Flycatcher was the first flycatcher I photographed in Ecuador, as I walked up the steep slope to the Santa Lucia Reserve. Then seen again in the Milpe Reserve and near Mindo Lindo.

The Ornate Flycatcher is a small bird, quite easily seen on trails, as it will stay still for some time, and is identifiable by its white lores and yellow rump.
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Copyright: RN/monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Ushuaia, Jan 2010

Bird name: Dark-faced Ground Tyrant
Latin: Muscisaxicola maclovianus
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers, Ground-tyrants
Range: Chile, Argentina, Falklands to Uruguay, Peru
Similar:

This seems most likely to be a Dark-faced Ground Tyrant, but is not typical, so ID should not be relied upon.

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

Bird name: Bright Rumped Attila
Latin: Attila spadiceus
Other: Polymorphic Attila
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: West Mexico through Amazonia, E Brazil

This Bright-rumped Attila was seen in the Metropolitan Park in Panama City.More photos...

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 • Chiriqui, May 2010

Bird name: Black Phoebe
Latin: Sayornis nigricans
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Southwest USA to northwest Argentina. Panama highlands.
Similar: Dark Pewee

The Black Phoebe is dark with white belly, and often found near streams. Seen here near the river at the Los Quetzales lodge and up the road at Cerro Punta.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 • Panama, April 2010

Bird name: Southern Beardless Tyrannulet
Latin: Camptostoma obsoletum
Other: Risadinha (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrannulets
Range: Costa Rica to Brazil, Argentina

The Southern Beardless-tyrannulet is found throughout Brazil and much of Latin America.

Above, a Southern Beardless-tyrannulet from Panama, with yellowish belly and olive-green back.

Below, in “more photos”, from southern Brazil - greyer underparts and less yellow-green.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: Eastern Wood Pewee
Latin: Contopus virens
Other:
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers
Range: Breeds in North America, migrates to South America.

The Eastern Wood-pewee has two wing bars, is light underneath and has a long wingtips. Seen here in Central Panama in late April, migrating northwards presumably.

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 • 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...

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

Bird name: Cattle Tyrant
Latin: Machetornis rixosa
Other: Suiriri-cavaleiro (Br) • Matadura (Es), Picabuey
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers

The Cattle Tyrant, found at low altitudes, often picking insects off large mammals or walking on the ground. Below a picture of a Cattle Tyrant scouring the beach for food in Santa Catarina. Its range extends from Argentina to Venezuela.

Note light tip to tail and red line visible on crown of head in one picture below. Often has reddish eyes. Yellower neck often than Tropical Kingbird. For more differences with Tropical Kingbird see latter.More photos...

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

Bird name: Tropical Kingbird
Latin: Tyrannus melancholicus
Other: Suiriri (Br) • Benteveo real (Es), Suiriri real
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers

The Tropical Kingbird is one of the most widespread birds in Brazil, across all habitats. It has a large range outside Brazil, from Arizona to Argentina.

The Tropical Kingbird is a large flycatcher and bears some similarities to the smaller Cattle Tyrant, which is also widespread in Brazil. However the Tropical Kingbird generally has a forked tail, sits at the top of trees, has a larger bill than the Cattle Tyrant, and is greyer in the head area. The Cattle Tyrant is found at lower elevations, often walking on the ground, and is generally warmer and yellower in colour.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: Ubatuba November 2009

Bird name: Masked Water Tyrant
Latin: Fluvicola nengeta
Other: Lavadeira-mascarada
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers

The Masked Water-tyrant is found on the east coast of Brazil. It has distinctive dark and white markings, including a sooty eye stripe, dark brown wings.More photos...

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

Bird name: Velvety Black Tyrant
Latin: Knipolegus nigerrimus
Other: Maria-preta-de-garganta-vermelha (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Black-Tyrants

The Velvety Black-Tyrant is much slighter than the black tanagers and icterids. It has a light bill with dark tip, a dark red iris and white wing in flight (see pic below in more photos). The female (above) has a dark red throat while the male (below) is all black.

The Velvety Black-tyrant is endemic to Brazil and lives in the southeast.


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

Bird name: Great Kiskadee
Latin: Pitangus sulphuratus
Other: Bem-te-vi (Br) • Benteveo (Es)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers

The Great Kiskadee is a common bird in Latin America and throughout Brazil, where it’s known as Bem-te-vi (good to see you) - one of a complex of similar-looking birds.

Two other birds in Brazil with yellow belly, brown upperside, white chest and neck, black eye-stripe, white superciliary stripe are the Social Flycatcher and Boat-billed Flycatcher, though there are about ten other such doppelgangers in Brazil alone.

The Great Kiskadee is a bit larger than the Social Flycatcher, with heavier and straighter bill. Easy to recognise by its omnipresent and song: “kiskadee” or “bem-ti-vi”. It has a yellow crest.

Below (“more photos” link) is an odd, presumed Great Kiskadee with dark streaking on underparts, seen in Lagoa do Peixe. In Rio Grande do Sul, Great Kiskadees were seen mobbing birds of prey on several occasions. In Ubatuba, they were seen flying over the ocean waves. Great Kiskadees are one of the few passerines which sometimes fish.

Spanish names: cristofué, benteveo, bicho feo, bienteveo común, pecho amarillo, cierto guïs and pitogüéMore 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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Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Itatiaia, RJ • November 2009

Bird name: Gray Hooded Attila
Latin: Attila rufus
Other: Grey-hooded Attila • Capitão-de-saíra (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Attilas

The Gray-hooded Attila is a great-looking medium-sized bird with wonderful orange downy plumage. He is distinguished from the other attilas by a grey head, light greyish throat, rufous body and long pinkish bill.

The Grey-hooded Attila is also the only bird I have ever managed to successfully mimic and call out. It has a very distinctive song of about four notes of ascending scale and loudness with a final one which trails off and heads back down the other way. You really can’t miss it, and you only need very basic whistling skills and musical ability to be able to copy it. This certainly did the trick in Itatiaia - this one popped into view and stayed there and we had a whistling match that lasted a few minutes!

The Gray-hooded Attila is endemic to the Serra do Mar Atlantic Forest region in eastern Brazil.More photos...

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

Bird name: Highland Elaenia
Latin: Elaenia obscura
Other: Tucão (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Elaenias

The Highland Elaenia has a shortish bill and olive underparts. It is found in much of South America, including the south-eastern states of Brazil.More photos...

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

Bird name: Small Billed Elaenia cf.
Latin: Elaenia parvirostris
Other: Guaracava-de-bico-curto (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Elaenias

The picture shown is probably the Small-billed Elaenia, which is widespread in South America, but could also be an Olivaceous Elaenia or White-crested Elaenia, which all look pretty similar…More photos...

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

Bird name: White Monjita
Latin: Xolmis irupero
Other: Noivinha (Br) • Viudita blanca común (Es)
Family: Tyrannidae • Monjitas

The White Monjita is a familiar site in the open country of Rio Grande do Sul, often perched near roads. In Brazil, it lives mostly in the very south with another colony in the north east. Its range also extends into Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia.

The White Monjita is easily recognisable for being all white but for iris and extremities.

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

Bird name: Sooty Tyrannulet
Latin: Serpophaga nigricans
Other: João-pobre (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrannulets

The Sooty Tyrannulet has no strong features, no white supercilium, is greyish-brown with light throat and front, pale wing bars, quite a long tail, which is often cocked.

The Sooty Tyrannulet lives, often near water, in southeastern South America including the southern states of Brazil.More photos...

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

Bird name: White Headed Marsh Tyrant
Latin: Arundinicola leucocephala
Other: Freirinha (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers

The White-headed Marsh-tyrant male has a dark body and white head. The female is browner with more brown on the head and a light chest and belly. They live in marshes in much of Brazil and other South American countries.More photos...

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

Bird name: Spectacled Tyrant
Latin: Hymenops perspicillatus
Other: Viuvinha-deóculos (Br) • Pico de plata (Es)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers

The Spectacled Tyrant is easy to recognise by its conspicuous yellow eye-ring. The individual below is probably an immature male, the adult male is predominantly black (above) and the female is brownish with light belly.

The Spectacled Tyrant is principally found in Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, also the other subtropical South American countries.More photos...

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

Bird name: Yellow Browed Tyrant
Latin: Satrapa icterophrys
Other: Suiriri pequeño (Br)
Family: Tyrannidae • Tyrant Flycatchers

The Yellow-browed Tyrant is found throughout much of South America east of the Andes. It is resident in the north-east of Brazil and migrates to the southern states in the Brazilian summer and to the west in the winter. It is distinguished by its yellow brow and two pale wing stripes.More photos...

117 Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Piprites griseiceps - Grey-headed Piprites - E Guatemala to W Panama - was with manakins Pipridae
Piprites chloris - Wing-barred Piprites - N Colombia, Amazonia, SE South America
Piprites pileata - Black-capped Piprites - SE Brazil, NE Argentina

will include return to use of Tyranniscus for one set of species
Phyllomyias fasciatus - Planalto Tyrannulet - E, SE South America
Phyllomyias weedeni - Yungas Tyrannulet - SE Peru, NW Bolivia - new species
Phyllomyias burmeisteri - Rough-legged Tyrannulet - SC, SE South America
Phyllomyias zeledoni - White-fronted Tyrannulet - Costa Rica, Panama, Latin America, also NW South America - Split from P. burmeisteri, includes Andean leucogonys
Phyllomyias virescens - Greenish Tyrannulet - SE South America
Phyllomyias reiseri - Reiser's Tyrannulet - EC Brazil, Paraguay
Phyllomyias urichi - Urich's Tyrannulet - NE Venezuela
Phyllomyias sclateri - Sclater's Tyrannulet - SE Peru to NW Argentina
Phyllomyias griseocapilla - Grey-capped Tyrannulet - SE Brazil
Phyllomyias griseiceps - Sooty-headed Tyrannulet - NW, South America, also E Panama
Phyllomyias plumbeiceps - Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet - C Colombia to S Peru
Phyllomyias nigrocapillus - Black-capped Tyrannulet - Venezuela to Peru
Phyllomyias cinereiceps - Ashy-headed Tyrannulet - Venezuela to Peru
Phyllomyias uropygialis - Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet - Venezuela to NW Argentina

Tyrannulus elatus - Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet - S Costa Rica through Amazonia

Myiopagis gaimardii - Forest Elaenia - Panama through Amazonia
Myiopagis caniceps - Grey Elaenia - Widespread South America, also E Panama
Myiopagis olallai - Foothill Elaenia - Ecuador, Peru
Myiopagis subplacens - Pacific Elaenia - W Ecuador, NW Peru
Myiopagis flavivertex - Yellow-crowned Elaenia - Amazonia
Myiopagis viridicata - Greenish Elaenia - Widespread Latin America
Myiopagis cotta - Jamaican Elaenia - Jamaica

Elaenia flavogaster - Yellow-bellied Elaenia - Widespread Latin America
Elaenia martinica - Caribbean Elaenia - West Indies
Elaenia spectabilis - Large Elaenia - Widespread South America
Elaenia ridleyana - Noronha Elaenia - Ilha Fernando de Noronha
Elaenia albiceps - White-crested Elaenia - Widespread South America
Elaenia parvirostris - Small-billed Elaenia - Widespread South America
Elaenia mesoleuca - Olivaceous Elaenia - SE South America
Elaenia strepera - Slaty Elaenia - Bolivia, NW Argentina - Venezuela
Elaenia gigas - Mottle-backed Elaenia - S Colombia to W Bolivia
Elaenia pelzelni - Brownish Elaenia - Amazon River & tributaries
Elaenia cristata - Plain-crested Elaenia - ne. E South America
Elaenia chiriquensis - Lesser Elaenia - Costa Rica to NE Argentina
Elaenia ruficeps - Rufous-crowned Elaenia - N Amazonia
Elaenia frantzii - Mountain Elaenia - Guatemala to Colombia & Venezuela
Elaenia obscura - Highland Elaenia - Ecuador to NW Argentina, SE South America
Elaenia dayi - Great Elaenia - Tepuis
Elaenia pallatangae - Sierran Elaenia - Colombia to Bolivia, South America, also S Venezuela
Elaenia fallax - Greater Antillean Elaenia - Jamaica, Hispaniola

Ornithion semiflavum - Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet - SE Mexico to W Panama
Ornithion brunneicapillus - Brown-capped Tyrannulet - Costa Rica to N Venezuela & Ecuador
Ornithion inerme - White-lored Tyrannulet - Amazonia, E Brazil

Camptostoma imberbe - Northern Beardless Tyrannulet - Widespread Middle America
Camptostoma obsoletum - Southern Beardless Tyrannulet - Costa Rica to Uruguay

Suiriri suiriri - Suiriri Flycatcher - SC South America, Amazonia - was Chaco Suiriri
Suiriri islerorum - Chapada Flycatcher - SC Brazil, E Bolivia - was Chapada Suiriri

Mecocerculus leucophrys - White-throated Tyrannulet - Venezuela to N Argentina
Mecocerculus poecilocercus - White-tailed Tyrannulet - Colombia to Peru
Mecocerculus hellmayri - Buff-banded Tyrannulet - SE Peru to NW Argentina
Mecocerculus calopterus - Rufous-winged Tyrannulet - Ecuador, Peru
Mecocerculus minor - Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet - Venezuela, Colombia to N Peru
Mecocerculus stictopterus - White-banded Tyrannulet - Venezuela to Bolivia

Anairetes nigrocristatus - Black-crested Tit-Tyrant - S Ecuador, N Peru
Anairetes reguloides - Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant - WC Peru to NW Chile
Anairetes alpinus - Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant - Peru, Bolivia
Anairetes flavirostris - Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant - W, SC, SE South America
Anairetes parulus - Tufted Tit-Tyrant - W, S South America
Anairetes fernandezianus - Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant - Juan Fernandez Archipelago
Anairetes agilis - Agile Tit-Tyrant - Venezuela to Ecuador - was Uromyias agilis
Anairetes agraphia - Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant - Peru - was Uromyias agraphia

Serpophaga cinerea - Torrent Tyrannulet - Costa Rica to Bolivia
Serpophaga hypoleuca - River Tyrannulet - Orinoco, Amazon & tributaries
Serpophaga nigricans - Sooty Tyrannulet - SE, SC South America
Serpophaga subcristata - White-crested Tyrannulet - SE, SC South America
Serpophaga munda - White-bellied Tyrannulet - SC, SE South America
Serpophaga griseicapilla - Straneck's Tyrannulet - cw,nw Argentina - Bolivia, n Argentina, w Uruguay, Paraguay Brasil? - new species

Phaeomyias murina - Mouse-colored Tyrannulet - Panama to N Argentina
Phaeomyias tumbezana - Tumbesian Tyrannulet - SW Ecuador, NW Peru

Capsiempis flaveola - Yellow Tyrannulet - S Nicaragua to E Brazil

Polystictus pectoralis - Bearded Tachuri - Widespread South America
Polystictus superciliaris - Grey-backed Tachuri - SE Brazil

Nesotriccus ridgwayi - Cocos Flycatcher - Isla del Cocos

Pseudocolopteryx dinelliana - Dinelli's Doradito - SC South America
Pseudocolopteryx sclateri - Crested Doradito - SC South America
Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis - Subtropical Doradito - Colombia to NW Argentina
Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris - Warbling Doradito - S, SC South America
Pseudocolopteryx citreola - Ticking Doradito - C Chile, WC Argentina - new species

Pseudotriccus pelzelni - Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant - Colombia to Peru
Pseudotriccus simplex - Hazel-fronted Pygmy Tyrant - SE Peru, NW Bolivia
Pseudotriccus ruficeps - Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant - Colombia to Bolivia

Corythopis torquatus - Ringed Antpipit - Amazonia
Corythopis delalandi - Southern Antpipit - SC, SE South America

Euscarthmus meloryphus - Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant - Widespread South America
Euscarthmus rufomarginatus - Rufous-sided Pygmy Tyrant - E, C South America

Pseudelaenia leucospodia - Grey-and-white Tyrannulet - W Ecuador, NW Peru

Stigmatura napensis - Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant - Amazon, Orinoco & tributaries
Stigmatura budytoides - Greater Wagtail-Tyrant - SC South America

Zimmerius vilissimus - Paltry Tyrannulet - S Mexico to NW Colombia
Zimmerius improbus - Venezuelan Tyrannulet - Venezuela, Colombia - split from Z. vilissimus
Zimmerius bolivianus - Bolivian Tyrannulet - Peru, Bolivia
Zimmerius cinereicapilla - Red-billed Tyrannulet - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Zimmerius villarejoi - Mishana Tyrannulet - N Peru
Zimmerius gracilipes - Slender-footed Tyrannulet - Amazonia
Zimmerius acer - Guianan Tyrannulet - Guyana - split from Z.gracilipes
Zimmerius chrysops - Golden-faced Tyrannulet - N Colombia to N Peru
Zimmerius albigularis - Choco Tyrannulet - W Ecuador, SW Colombia - split from Z. chrysops
Zimmerius flavidifrons - Loja Tyrannulet - SW Ecuador - split from Z. chrysops
Zimmerius viridiflavus - Peruvian Tyrannulet - Peru

Pogonotriccus was Phylloscartes
Pogonotriccus poecilotis - Variegated Bristle Tyrant - Venezuela to Peru
Pogonotriccus chapmani - Chapman's Bristle Tyrant - Tepuis
Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus - Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant - Venezuela to Bolivia
Pogonotriccus orbitalis - Spectacled Bristle Tyrant - S Colombia to Bolivia
Pogonotriccus venezuelanus - Venezuelan Bristle Tyrant - N Venezuela
Pogonotriccus lanyoni - Antioquia Bristle Tyrant - NW Colombia
Pogonotriccus eximius - Southern Bristle Tyrant - SE South America

Phylloscartes ventralis - Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet - SE, Peru to NW Argentina
Phylloscartes ceciliae - Alagoas Tyrannulet - E Brazil
Phylloscartes kronei - Restinga Tyrannulet - SE Brazil
Phylloscartes beckeri - Bahia Tyrannulet - E Brazil
Phylloscartes flavovirens - Panamanian Tyrannulet - Panama
Phylloscartes virescens - Olive-green Tyrannulet - NE Amazonia - was Guianan Tyrannulet
Phylloscartes gualaquizae - Ecuadorian Tyrannulet - Ecuador, N Peru
Phylloscartes nigrifrons - Black-fronted Tyrannulet - Tepuis
Phylloscartes superciliaris - Rufous-browed Tyrannulet - Costa Rica to N Venezuela & Ecuador
Phylloscartes flaviventris - Rufous-lored Tyrannulet - N Venezuela
Phylloscartes parkeri - Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet - C Peru to N Bolivia
Phylloscartes roquettei - Minas Gerais Tyrannulet - E Brazil
Phylloscartes paulista - Sao Paulo Tyrannulet - SE South America
Phylloscartes oustaleti - Oustalet's Tyrannulet - E, SE Brazil
Phylloscartes difficilis - Serra do Mar Tyrannulet - E, SE Brazil
Phylloscartes sylviolus - Bay-ringed Tyrannulet - SE South America

Mionectes striaticollis - Streak-necked Flycatcher - Colombia to N Bolivia
Mionectes olivaceus - Olive-striped Flycatcher - Costa Rica to N Venezuela & N Bolivia
Mionectes oleagineus - Ochre-bellied Flycatcher - S Mexico through Amazonia, E Brazil
Mionectes macconnelli - McConnell's Flycatcher - E, SW Amazonia
Mionectes rufiventris - Grey-hooded Flycatcher - SE South America

Leptopogon amaurocephalus - Sepia-capped Flycatcher - Widespread Latin America
Leptopogon superciliaris - Slaty-capped Flycatcher - Costa Rica to N Venezuela & N Bolivia
Leptopogon rufipectus - Rufous-breasted Flycatcher - SW Venezuela to Peru
Leptopogon taczanowskii - Inca Flycatcher - Peru

Sublegatus arenarum - Northern Scrub Flycatcher - Costa Rica to the Guianas
Sublegatus obscurior - Amazonian Scrub Flycatcher - Amazonia
Sublegatus modestus - Southern Scrub Flycatcher - SC, E, SE South America

Inezia tenuirostris - Slender-billed Inezia - NE Colombia, NW Venezuela
Inezia inornata - Plain Inezia - W, SW Amazonia
Inezia subflava - Amazonian Inezia - C, SW Amazonia
Inezia caudata - Pale-tipped Inezia - Colombia to NE Brazil

Myiophobus flavicans - Flavescent Flycatcher - Venezuela to Peru - clade 2
Myiophobus phoenicomitra - Orange-crested Flycatcher - Colombia to Peru - clade 2
Myiophobus inornatus - Unadorned Flycatcher - SE Peru to N Bolivia - clade 2
Myiophobus roraimae - Roraiman Flycatcher - Tepuis, Colombia to Bolivia - clade 2
Myiophobus cryptoxanthus - Olive-chested Flycatcher - E Ecuador, NE Peru - clade 1
Myiophobus fasciatus - Bran-colored Flycatcher - Costa Rica to Uruguay - clade 1
Myiophobus pulcher - Handsome Flycatcher - Colombia to Ecuador, SE Peru - Nephelomyias ?
Myiophobus lintoni - Orange-banded Flycatcher - S Ecuador, NE Peru - Nephelomyias ?
Myiophobus ochraceiventris - Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher - N Peru to NW Bolivia - Nephelomyias ?

Myiotriccus ornatus - Ornate Flycatcher - Colombia to Peru

Tachuris rubrigastra - Many-colored Rush Tyrant - W, S, SE South America

Culicivora caudacuta - Sharp-tailed Grass Tyrant - SC South America

Hemitriccus diops - Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant - E, SE South America
Hemitriccus obsoletus - Brown-breasted Bamboo Tyrant - SE Brazil - ssp zimmeri species ?
Hemitriccus flammulatus - Flammulated Bamboo Tyrant - SW Amazonia
Hemitriccus minor - Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant - S Amazonia
Hemitriccus spodiops - Yungas Tody-Tyrant - C Bolivia
Hemitriccus josephinae - Boat-billed Tody-Tyrant - Guianas, NC Brazil
Hemitriccus zosterops - White-eyed Tody-Tyrant - N Amazonia
Hemitriccus griseipectus - White-bellied Tody-Tyrant - S Amazonia, E Brazil
Hemitriccus minimus - Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant - Amazonia
Hemitriccus orbitatus - Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant - SE Brazil
Hemitriccus iohannis - Johannes's Tody-Tyrant - W Amazonia
Hemitriccus striaticollis - Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant - W, S Amazonia
Hemitriccus nidipendulus - Hangnest Tody-Tyrant - E, SE Brazil
Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer - Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant - N, SC, E South America
Hemitriccus inornatus - Pelzeln's Tody-Tyrant - NW Brazil
Hemitriccus granadensis - Black-throated Tody-Tyrant - Venezuela to Peru
Hemitriccus mirandae - Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant - NE, E Brazil
Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus - Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant - SE Ecuador, N Peru
Hemitriccus kaempferi - Kaempfer's Tody-Tyrant - SE Brazil
Hemitriccus rufigularis - Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant - Ecuador to Bolivia
Hemitriccus furcatus - Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant - SE Brazil

Myiornis auricularis - Eared Pygmy Tyrant - SE South America
Myiornis albiventris - White-bellied Pygmy Tyrant - Peru, Bolivia
Myiornis atricapillus - Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant - Costa Rica to NW Ecuador
Myiornis ecaudatus - Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant - Amazonia

Oncostoma cinereigulare - Northern Bentbill - S Mexico to Panama
Oncostoma olivaceum - Southern Bentbill - Panama, Colombia

Lophotriccus pileatus - Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant - Costa Rica to N Venezuela & SE Peru
Lophotriccus eulophotes - Long-crested Pygmy Tyrant - SW Amazonia
Lophotriccus vitiosus - Double-banded Pygmy Tyrant - W, NE Amazonia
Lophotriccus galeatus - Helmeted Pygmy Tyrant - N, SE Amazonia

Atalotriccus pilaris - Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant - Panama, N South America - was Lophotriccus

Poecilotriccus ruficeps - Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher - Venezuela to N Peru
Poecilotriccus luluae - Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher - N Peru
Poecilotriccus albifacies - White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher - SE Peru
Poecilotriccus capitalis - Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher - W, SW Amazonia
Poecilotriccus senex - Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher - NC Brazil
Poecilotriccus russatus - Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher - Tepuis
Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps - Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher - Peru to N Argentina, E, SE South America
Poecilotriccus fumifrons - Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher - E Amazonia, E Brazil
Poecilotriccus latirostris - Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher - W, C Amazonia, C Brazil
Poecilotriccus sylvia - Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher - S Mexico to NE Brazil
Poecilotriccus calopterus - Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher - W Amazonia
Poecilotriccus pulchellus - Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher - SE Peru

Taeniotriccus andrei - Black-chested Tyrant - NC, E Amazonia

Todirostrum maculatum - Spotted Tody-Flycatcher - Amazonia
Todirostrum poliocephalum - Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher - SE Brazil
Todirostrum cinereum - Common Tody-Flycatcher - S Mexico to NE Argentina
Todirostrum viridanum - Maracaibo Tody-Flycatcher - NW Venezuela
Todirostrum pictum - Painted Tody-Flycatcher - NE Amazonia
Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum - Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher - S, W Amazonia
Todirostrum nigriceps - Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher - Costa Rica to N Venezuela & Ecuador

Cnipodectes subbrunneus - Brownish Twistwing - Panama through Amazonia
Cnipodectes superrufus - Rufous Twistwing - SE Peru, NW Bolivia - new species

Rhynchocyclus brevirostris - Eye-ringed Flatbill - S Mexico to NW Colombia
Rhynchocyclus olivaceus - Olivaceous Flatbill - Panama through Amazonia, E Brazil
Rhynchocyclus pacificus - Pacific Flatbill - W Colombia, NW Ecuador
Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus - Fulvous-breasted Flatbill - W Venezuela to NW Bolivia

Tolmomyias sulphurescens - Yellow-olive Flatbill - S Mexico to SE Brazil
Tolmomyias traylori - Orange-eyed Flatbill - W Amazonia
Tolmomyias assimilis - Zimmer's Flatbill - S Amazonia, E Brazil
Tolmomyias flavotectus - Yellow-margined Flatbill - Costa Rica to NW Ecuador - split from T. assimilis
Tolmomyias poliocephalus - Grey-crowned Flatbill - Amazonia, E Brazil
Tolmomyias flaviventris - Ochre-lored Flatbill - N,s Amazonia, E Brazil
Tolmomyias viridiceps - Olive-faced Flatbill - W Amazonia - split from T. flaviventris

Platyrinchus saturatus - Cinnamon-crested Spadebill - Amazonia
Platyrinchus cancrominus - Stub-tailed Spadebill - SE Mexico to W Costa Rica
Platyrinchus mystaceus - White-throated Spadebill - Costa Rica to Bolivia, N, E, SE South America
Platyrinchus coronatus - Golden-crowned Spadebill - Honduras to NW Ecuador, Amazonia
Platyrinchus flavigularis - Yellow-throated Spadebill - W Venezuela to E Peru
Platyrinchus platyrhynchos - White-crested Spadebill - Amazonia
Platyrinchus leucoryphus - Russet-winged Spadebill - SE South America

Neopipo cinnamomea - Cinnamon Neopipo - W, NE Amazonia

Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus - Cinnamon Flycatcher - Venezuela to NW Argentina

Hirundinea ferruginea - Cliff Flycatcher - Widespread South America

Lathrotriccus euleri - Euler's Flycatcher - Widespread South America
Lathrotriccus griseipectus - Grey-breasted Flycatcher - W Ecuador, N Peru

Aphanotriccus capitalis - Tawny-chested Flycatcher - E Nicaragua, N Costa Rica
Aphanotriccus audax - Black-billed Flycatcher - Panama, N Colombia

Cnemotriccus fuscatus - Fuscous Flycatcher - Widespread South America

Xenotriccus callizonus - Belted Flycatcher - S Mexico, NW El Salvador
Xenotriccus mexicanus - Pileated Flycatcher - SW Mexico

Sayornis phoebe - Eastern Phoebe - E, C North America
Sayornis nigricans - Black Phoebe - W USA to NW Argentina
Sayornis saya - Say's Phoebe - Alaska to C Mexico

Mitrephanes phaeocercus - Northern Tufted Flycatcher - W Mexico to NW Ecuador
Mitrephanes olivaceus - Olive Tufted Flycatcher - Peru to NW Bolivia

Contopus cooperi - Olive-sided Flycatcher - N, NW North America - LA
Contopus pertinax - Greater Pewee - SW USA to Nicaragua
Contopus lugubris - Dark Pewee - Costa Rica, W Panama
Contopus fumigatus - Smoke-colored Pewee - Venezuela to NW Argentina
Contopus ochraceus - Ochraceous Pewee - Costa Rica, W Panama
Contopus sordidulus - Western Wood Pewee - W North America, Middle America - nw SA
Contopus virens - Eastern Wood Pewee - E North America - w Amazonia
Contopus cinereus - Tropical Pewee - Widespread Latin America
Contopus punensis - Tumbes Pewee - W Ecuador, W Peru - split from C. cinereus
Contopus albogularis - White-throated Pewee - NE Amazonia
Contopus nigrescens - Blackish Pewee - Ecuador, Peru, E Amazonia
Contopus caribaeus - Cuban Pewee - Cuba, Bahamas
Contopus hispaniolensis - Hispaniolan Pewee - Hispaniola
Contopus pallidus - Jamaican Pewee - Jamaica
Contopus latirostris - Lesser Antillean Pewee - Lesser Antilles

Empidonax flaviventris - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - N North America - MA
Empidonax virescens - Acadian Flycatcher - E, SE North America - Nicaragua to Venezuela & w Ecuador
Empidonax traillii - Willow Flycatcher - E, C, W North America - w Mexico to ne Ecuador
Empidonax alnorum - Alder Flycatcher - N North America - nw, w SA
Empidonax albigularis - White-throated Flycatcher - Widespread Middle America
Empidonax minimus - Least Flycatcher - NE, NC North America - MA
Empidonax hammondii - Hammond's Flycatcher - NW North America - sw USA to Honduras
Empidonax oberholseri - American Dusky Flycatcher - WC North America - sw USA, Mexico
Empidonax wrightii - American Grey Flycatcher - WC North America - Mexico
Empidonax affinis - Pine Flycatcher - Mexico
Empidonax difficilis - Pacific-slope Flycatcher - W North America - w Mexico
Empidonax occidentalis - Cordilleran Flycatcher - WC North America - Mexico
Empidonax flavescens - Yellowish Flycatcher - SE Mexico to Panama
Empidonax fulvifrons - Buff-breasted Flycatcher - SW USA to Honduras
Empidonax atriceps - Black-capped Flycatcher - Costa Rica, Panama

Pyrocephalus rubinus - Vermilion Flycatcher - SW USA to Argentina

Lessonia rufa - Austral Negrito - Southern Cone
Lessonia oreas - Andean Negrito - Peru to NW Argentina

Knipolegus striaticeps - Cinereous Tyrant - SC South America
Knipolegus hudsoni - Hudson's Black Tyrant - SC South America
Knipolegus poecilocercus - Amazonian Black Tyrant - Amazonia
Knipolegus signatus - Andean Tyrant - S Ecuador to NW Argentina
Knipolegus cyanirostris - Blue-billed Black Tyrant - SE South America
Knipolegus poecilurus - Rufous-tailed Tyrant - W Venezuela to E Peru, Tepuis
Knipolegus orenocensis - Riverside Tyrant - Amazonia
Knipolegus aterrimus - White-winged Black Tyrant - Peru to C Argentina
Knipolegus franciscanus - Sao Francisco Black Tyrant - E Brazil - split from K. aterrimus
Knipolegus lophotes - Crested Black Tyrant - S Brazil, SE South America
Knipolegus nigerrimus - Velvety Black Tyrant - E, SE Brazil

Hymenops perspicillatus - Spectacled Tyrant - Southern Cone

Ochthornis littoralis - Drab Water Tyrant - Amazonia

Satrapa icterophrys - Yellow-browed Tyrant - N, C, E, SE South America

Muscisaxicola fluviatilis - Little Ground Tyrant - SW Amazonia
Muscisaxicola maculirostris - Spot-billed Ground Tyrant - Colombia to Chile & Argentina
Muscisaxicola griseus - Taczanowski's Ground Tyrant - Peru, Bolivia
Muscisaxicola juninensis - Puna Ground Tyrant - Peru to N Chile & NW Argentina
Muscisaxicola cinereus - Cinereous Ground Tyrant - Peru to N Chile & NW Argentina
Muscisaxicola albifrons - White-fronted Ground Tyrant - Peru to N Chile
Muscisaxicola flavinucha - Ochre-naped Ground Tyrant - Peru to Tierra del Fuego
Muscisaxicola rufivertex - Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant - Peru to C Chile & W Argentina
Muscisaxicola maclovianus - Dark-faced Ground Tyrant - W, Southern Cone
Muscisaxicola albilora - White-browed Ground Tyrant - Ecuador to S Chile & W Argentina
Muscisaxicola alpinus - Paramo Ground Tyrant - Colombia, Ecuador
Muscisaxicola capistratus - Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant - S Argentina, Chile, Peru
Muscisaxicola frontalis - Black-fronted Ground Tyrant - C Chile, WC Argentina, Peru

Agriornis montanus - Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant - Colombia to Chile & Argentina
Agriornis albicauda - White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant - Ecuador to NW Argentina
Agriornis lividus - Great Shrike-Tyrant - Chile, S Argentina
Agriornis micropterus - Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant - Southern Cone
Agriornis murinus - Lesser Shrike-Tyrant - Southern Cone

Xolmis pyrope - Fire-eyed Diucon - Chile, SW Argentina
Xolmis cinereus - Grey Monjita - E, C Brazil, SE South America
Xolmis coronatus - Black-crowned Monjita - SE South America
Xolmis velatus - White-rumped Monjita - C Brazil to Bolivia
Xolmis irupero - White Monjita - E, SE South America
Xolmis rubetra - Rusty-backed Monjita - C, N Argentina
Xolmis salinarum - Salinas Monjita - NC Argentina


Heteroxolmis dominicana - Black-and-white Monjita - SE South America - Heteroxolmis ?

Myiotheretes striaticollis - Streak-throated Bush Tyrant - W Venezuela to NW Argentina
Myiotheretes pernix - Santa Marta Bush Tyrant - N Colombia
Myiotheretes fumigatus - Smoky Bush Tyrant - W Venezuela to Peru
Myiotheretes fuscorufus - Rufous-bellied Bush Tyrant - Peru, Bolivia

Cnemarchus erythropygius - Red-rumped Bush Tyrant - Colombia to Bolivia

Polioxolmis rufipennis - Rufous-webbed Bush Tyrant - Peru to NW Argentina

Neoxolmis rufiventris - Chocolate-vented Tyrant - SE Brazil to Tierra del Fuego

Gubernetes yetapa - Streamer-tailed Tyrant - SE, SC South America

Muscipipra vetula - Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant - SE South America

Fluvicola pica - Pied Water Tyrant - Panama to the Guianas & N Brazil
Fluvicola albiventer - Black-backed Water Tyrant - C, E, SE South America
Fluvicola nengeta - Masked Water Tyrant - W Ecuador, NW Peru, E Brazil

Arundinicola leucocephala - White-headed Marsh Tyrant - Widespread South America

Alectrurus tricolor - Cock-tailed Tyrant - SC, SE South America
Alectrurus risora - Strange-tailed Tyrant - SC South America

Tumbezia salvini - Tumbes Tyrant - NW Peru

Silvicultrix was Ochthoeca
Silvicultrix frontalis - Crowned Chat-Tyrant - Colombia, Ecuador
Silvicultrix spodionota - Kalinowski's Chat-Tyrant - Peru, Bolivia - split from O. frontalis
Silvicultrix pulchella - Golden-browed Chat-Tyrant - Peru, Bolivia
Silvicultrix diadema - Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant - Colombia to N Peru
Silvicultrix jelskii - Jelski's Chat-Tyrant - SW Ecuador, NW Peru

Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris - Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant - SW Venezuela to N Peru
Ochthoeca nigrita - Blackish Chat-Tyrant - W Venezuela - split from O. cinnamomeiventris
Ochthoeca thoracica - Maroon-belted Chat-Tyrant - Peru, Bolivia - split from O. cinnamomeiventris
Ochthoeca rufipectoralis - Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant - N Colombia to W Bolivia
Ochthoeca fumicolor - Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - W Venezuela to C Bolivia
Ochthoeca oenanthoides - D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant - Peru to NW Argentina
Ochthoeca leucophrys - White-browed Chat-Tyrant - S Ecuador to NW Argentina
Ochthoeca piurae - Piura Chat-Tyrant - NW Peru

Colorhamphus parvirostris - Patagonian Tyrant - S Chile, SW Argentina

Colonia colonus - Long-tailed Tyrant - SE Honduras to NE Argentina

Muscigralla brevicauda - Short-tailed Field Tyrant - Ecuador to N Chile

Machetornis rixosa - Cattle Tyrant - Panama to SE South America

Legatus leucophaius - Piratic Flycatcher - Widespread Latin America

Phelpsia inornata - White-bearded Flycatcher - N Venezuela

Myiozetetes cayanensis - Rusty-margined Flycatcher - Panama to SE Brazil
Myiozetetes similis - Social Flycatcher - Mexico to NE Argentina
Myiozetetes granadensis - Grey-capped Flycatcher - Honduras to W Ecuador, W Amazonia
Myiozetetes luteiventris - Dusky-chested Flycatcher - Amazonia

Pitangus sulphuratus - Great Kiskadee - SW USA to C Argentina

Philohydor lictor - Lesser Kiskadee - Panama to SE Brazil - not Pitangus

Conopias albovittatus - White-ringed Flycatcher - E Honduras to NW Ecuador
Conopias parvus - Yellow-throated Flycatcher - N, W Amazonia
Conopias trivirgatus - Three-striped Flycatcher - Amazonia, SE South America
Conopias cinchoneti - Lemon-browed Flycatcher - W Venezuela to Peru

Myiodynastes hemichrysus - Golden-bellied Flycatcher - Costa Rica, W Panama
Myiodynastes chrysocephalus - Golden-crowned Flycatcher - N Venezuela to NW Argentina
Myiodynastes bairdii - Baird's Flycatcher - SW Ecuador, NW Peru
Myiodynastes luteiventris - Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher - SW USA to Costa Rica - w Amazonia
Myiodynastes maculatus - Streaked Flycatcher - E Mexico to Uruguay

Megarynchus pitangua - Boat-billed Flycatcher - Mexico to NE Argentina

Tyrannopsis sulphurea - Sulphury Flycatcher - Amazonia

Empidonomus varius - Variegated Flycatcher - Widespread South America

Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus - Crowned Slaty Flycatcher - Amazonia, SC, SE South America - not Empidonomus

Tyrannus niveigularis - Snowy-throated Kingbird - SW Colombia to W Peru
Tyrannus albogularis - White-throated Kingbird - Amazonia, C Brazil
Tyrannus melancholicus - Tropical Kingbird - SW USA to C Argentina
Tyrannus couchii - Couch's Kingbird - E Mexico to Belize, North America, Middle America, also S Texas
Tyrannus vociferans - Cassin's Kingbird - S USA to Belize
Tyrannus crassirostris - Thick-billed Kingbird - SW USA to Guatemala
Tyrannus verticalis - Western Kingbird - W, C North America - sw Mexico to Costa Rica
Tyrannus forficatus - Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - SC North America - w Mexico to Panama
Tyrannus savana - Fork-tailed Flycatcher - S Mexico to Uruguay
Tyrannus tyrannus - Eastern Kingbird - Widespread North America - w Amazonia
Tyrannus dominicensis - Grey Kingbird - SE USA, West Indies - Panama to Guyana
Tyrannus cubensis - Giant Kingbird - Cuba
Tyrannus caudifasciatus - Loggerhead Kingbird - Greater Antilles

Rhytipterna simplex - Greyish Mourner - Amazonia, E, SE Brazil
Rhytipterna immunda - Pale-bellied Mourner - C, NE Amazonia
Rhytipterna holerythra - Rufous Mourner - S Mexico to NW Ecuador

Sirystes sibilator - Eastern Sirystes - Amazonia, SE South America
Sirystes albogriseus - Western Sirystes - Panama, NW Colombia, NW Ecuador - split from S. sibilator

Casiornis rufus - Rufous Casiornis - S Amazonia, SC South America
Casiornis fuscus - Ash-throated Casiornis - SE Amazonia, E Brazil

Myiarchus semirufus - Rufous Flycatcher - NW Peru
Myiarchus yucatanensis - Yucatan Flycatcher - Yucatan Peninsula
Myiarchus barbirostris - Sad Flycatcher - Jamaica
Myiarchus tuberculifer - Dusky-capped Flycatcher - SW USA through Amazonia & SE Brazil
Myiarchus swainsoni - Swainson's Flycatcher - Widespread South America
Myiarchus venezuelensis - Venezuelan Flycatcher - N Colombia, N Venezuela
Myiarchus panamensis - Panamanian Flycatcher - SW Costa Rica through Colombia
Myiarchus ferox - Short-crested Flycatcher - Widespread South America
Myiarchus apicalis - Apical Flycatcher - WC Colombia
Myiarchus cephalotes - Pale-edged Flycatcher - N Venezuela to Bolivia
Myiarchus phaeocephalus - Sooty-crowned Flycatcher - W Ecuador, N Peru
Myiarchus cinerascens - Ash-throated Flycatcher - SW USA, N Mexico - MA
Myiarchus nuttingi - Nutting's Flycatcher - W Mexico to NW Costa Rica
Myiarchus crinitus - Great Crested Flycatcher - E, C North America - s Mexico to Colombia & Venezuela
Myiarchus tyrannulus - Brown-crested Flycatcher - SW USA to N Argentina
Myiarchus magnirostris - Galapagos Flycatcher - Galápagos Islands
Myiarchus nugator - Grenada Flycatcher - Lesser Antilles
Myiarchus validus - Rufous-tailed Flycatcher - Jamaica
Myiarchus sagrae - La Sagra's Flycatcher - Bahamas, Cuba
Myiarchus stolidus - Stolid Flycatcher - Jamaica, Hispaniola
Myiarchus antillarum - Puerto Rican Flycatcher - Puerto Rico
Myiarchus oberi - Lesser Antillean Flycatcher - Lesser Antilles

Deltarhynchus flammulatus - Flammulated Flycatcher - SW, S Mexico

Ramphotrigon megacephalum - Large-headed Flatbill - NW, S Amazonia, SE South America - Bamboo Flatbill is better
Ramphotrigon ruficauda - Rufous-tailed Flatbill - Amazonia
Ramphotrigon fuscicauda - Dusky-tailed Flatbill - W, SW Amazonia

Attila phoenicurus - Rufous-tailed Attila - SE Brazil through Amazonia
Attila cinnamomeus - Cinnamon Attila - Amazonia
Attila torridus - Ochraceous Attila - SW Colombia to NW Peru
Attila citriniventris - Citron-bellied Attila - W Amazonia
Attila bolivianus - White-eyed Attila - S, SW Amazonia
Attila rufus - Grey-hooded Attila - E, SE Brazil
Attila spadiceus - Bright-rumped Attila - W Mexico through Amazonia, E Brazil