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.
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- Northern Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
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