Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Mitrephanes (2 species, 2 worldwide)


Olive Tufted Flycatcher
Olive Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes olivaceus)
Abra Patricia,  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

A foothill species (up to 2000m. (HBW)) related to the better known Northern Tufted Flycatcher.

Northern Tufted Flycatcher
Northern Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus berlepschi)
Sabaletas, Valle de Cauca, Colombia
  Less common and yellower than the races in central America.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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