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.
- Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens (A)
- Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus
- Hispaniolan Pewee Contopus hispaniolensis (A)
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens (A)
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe (A)
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus (A)
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis (A)
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus (A)
- Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Giant Kingbird Tyrannus cubensis (Ex)
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus (A)
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