Tyrant Flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Tyrannidae
Tyrant flycatchers are passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust with stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, have plain colouring. As the name implies, most are insectivorous.
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica (A)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
- Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
- Northern Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus mexicanus
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi Near-threatened
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus (A)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
- Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe (A)
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans (A)
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
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