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, are rather plain. As the name implies, most are insectivorous.
- Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, Camptostoma imberbe LC
- Greenish Elaenia, Myiopagis viridicata (A) LC
- White-crested Elaenia, Elaenia albiceps (A) LC
- Tufted Flycatcher, Mitrephanes phaeocercus (A) LC
- Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus cooperi NT
- Greater Pewee, Contopus pertinax LC
- Western Wood-Pewee, Contopus sordidulus LC
- Eastern Wood-Pewee, Contopus virens LC
- Cuban Pewee, Contopus caribaeus (A) LC
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Empidonax flaviventris LC
- Acadian Flycatcher, Empidonax virescens LC
- Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum LC
- Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii LC (ssp. extimus: E)
- Least Flycatcher, Empidonax minimus LC
- Hammond's Flycatcher, Empidonax hammondii LC
- Gray Flycatcher, Empidonax wrightii LC
- Dusky Flycatcher, Empidonax oberholseri LC
- Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Empidonax difficilis LC
- Cordilleran Flycatcher, Empidonax occidentalis LC
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Empidonax fulvifrons LC
- Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans LC
- Eastern Phoebe, Sayornis phoebe LC
- Say's Phoebe, Sayornis saya LC
- Vermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus LC
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer LC
- Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens LC
- Nutting's Flycatcher, Myiarchus nuttingi (A) LC
- Great Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus LC
- Brown-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus LC
- La Sagra' s Flycatcher, Myiarchus sagrae LC
- Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus LC
- Social Flycatcher, Myiozetetes similis (A) LC
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Myiodynastes luteiventris LC
- Piratic Flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius (C) LC
- Variegated Flycatcher, Empidonomus varius (A) LC
- Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus (A) LC
- Tropical Kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus LC
- Couch's Kingbird, Tyrannus couchii LC
- Cassin's Kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans LC
- Thick-billed Kingbird, Tyrannus crassirostris LC
- Western Kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis LC
- Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus LC
- Gray Kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis LC
- Loggerhead Kingbird, Tyrannus caudifasciatus (A) LC
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus forficatus LC
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus savana LC
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