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. There are 38 species which occur in Chile.
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant Anairetes reguloides
- Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant Anairetes flavirostris
- Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant Anairetes fernandezianus (E)
- Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
- Many-colored Rush-Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra
- Warbling Doradito Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides
- White-browed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys
- Patagonian Tyrant Colorhamphus parvirostris
- Fire-eyed Diucon Xolmis pyrope
- Chocolate-vented Tyrant Neoxolmis rufiventris
- Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montana
- White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis andicola
- Great Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis livida
- Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis microptera
- Rufous-webbed Tyrant Polioxolmis rufipennis (A)
- Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris
- Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maclovianus
- Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola capistratus
- Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola rufivertex
- Puna Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola juninensis
- White-browed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora
- Cinereous Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola cinereus
- White-fronted Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albifrons
- Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola flavinucha
- Black-fronted Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola frontalis
- Short-tailed Field-Tyrant Muscigralla brevicauda
- Andean Negrito Lessonia oreas
- Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa
- Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus (A)
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus (A)
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus (A)
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus (A)
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana (A)
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