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.
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
- Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
- White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
- Northern Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus mexicanus
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Tawny-breasted Flycatcher Myiobius villosus
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Tawny-chested Flycatcher Aphanotriccus capitalis
- Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
- Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens (A)
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis (A)
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
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