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.
- White-lored Tyrannulet Ornithion inerme
- Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Phaeomyias murina
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola (A)
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
- Gray Elaenia Myiopagis caniceps (A)
- Yellow-crowned Elaenia Myiopagis flavivertex
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris (A)
- Plain-crested Elaenia Elaenia cristata
- Rufous-crowned Elaenia Elaenia ruficeps (A)
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- MacConnell's Flycatcher Mionectes macconnelli
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
- Olive-green Tyrannulet Phylloscartes virescens (A)
- Slender-footed Tyrannulet Zimmerius gracilipes
- Amazonian Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus obscurior
- Northern Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Pale-tipped Tyrannulet Inezia caudata
- Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis
- Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis ecaudatus
- Double-banded Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus vitiosus (A)
- Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus galeatus
- Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus fumifrons
- Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus minor
- Boat-billed Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus josephinae
- White-eyed Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus zosterops
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Spotted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum maculatum
- Painted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum pictum
- Ringed Antpipit Corythopis torquata
- Rufous-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon ruficauda
- Olivaceous Flatbill Rhynchocyclus olivaceus
- Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Yellow-margined Flycatcher Tolmomyias assimilis
- Gray-crowned Flycatcher Tolmomyias poliocephalus
- Yellow-breasted Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris
- Cinnamon-crested Spadebill Platyrinchus saturatus
- Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
- White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
- White-crested Spadebill Platyrinchus platyrhynchos
- Amazonian Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Whiskered Flycatcher Myiobius barbatus
- Cinnamon Tyrant Neopipo cinnamomea (A)
- Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea
- Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus
- Euler's Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi (A)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens (A)
- Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus
- White-throated Pewee Contopus albogularis
- Drab Water-Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis (A)
- Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
- Cinnamon Attila Attila cinnamomeus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Sirystes Sirystes sibilator
- Grayish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex
- Pale-bellied Mourner Rhytipterna immunda
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
- Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Dusky-chested Flycatcher Myiozetetes luteiventris
- Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parva
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
- Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea
- White-throated Kingbird Tyrannus albogularis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
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