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.
| Common name | Binomial | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Beardless Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum | Trinidad only |
| Mouse-colored Tyrannulet | Phaeomyias murina | Trinidad only |
| Forest Elaenia | Myiopagis gaimardii | Trinidad only |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | |
| Small-billed Elaenia | Elaenia parvirostris | Trinidad only; Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Elaenia | Elaenia chiriquensis | Trinidad only |
| Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus | |
| Olive-striped Flycatcher | Mionectes olivaceus | Trinidad only |
| Slaty-capped Flycatcher | Leptopogon superciliaris | Trinidad only |
| Northern Scrub-Flycatcher | Sublegatus arenarum | Trinidad only |
| Crested Doradito | Pseudocolopteryx sclateri | Trinidad only |
| Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant | Myiornis ecaudatus | Trinidad only |
| Spotted Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum maculatum | Trinidad only |
| Yellow-olive Flycatcher | Tolmomyias sulphurescens | Trinidad only |
| Yellow-breasted Flycatcher | Tolmomyias flaviventris | |
| White-throated Spadebill | Platyrinchus mystaceus | |
| Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | Trinidad only |
| Fuscous Flycatcher | Cnemotriccus fuscatus | |
| Euler's Flycatcher | Lathrotriccus euleri | Trinidad only |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Trinidad only |
| Tropical Pewee | Contopus cinereus | Trinidad only |
| Pied Water-Tyrant | Fluvicola pica | Trinidad only |
| White-headed Marsh-Tyrant | Arundinicola leucocephala | Trinidad only |
| Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus | Trinidad only |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | Trinidad only |
| Swainson's Flycatcher | Myiarchus swainsoni | Trinidad only |
| Venezuelan Flycatcher | Myiarchus venezuelensis | Tobago only |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Trinidad only |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | Trinidad only |
| Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | |
| Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius | |
| Variegated Flycatcher | Empidonomus varius | Trinidad only; Rare/Accidental |
| Sulphury Flycatcher | Tyrannopsis sulphurea | Trinidad only |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana |
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Trinidad And Tobago
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—Emily Brontë (1818–1848)