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.
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi (A)
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris (A)
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus (A)
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“I love something: and scarcely do I love it completely when the tyrant in me says: I want that in sacrifice. This cruelty is in my entrails. Behold! I am evil.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)