Birds of Guyana

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Myiarchus (4 species, 22 worldwide)


Short-crested Flycatcher
Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox australis)
Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Most common myiarchus in Amazon.

Swainson's Flycatcher
Swainson's Flycatcher (Myiarchus swainsoni)
Brazilia, DF, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Swainson's Flycatcher
Swainson's Flycatcher (Myiarchus swainsoni)
Pousada Rio Claro, Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bernie DUPONT     Copyright and usage info

Austral migrant. Very similar to the Short-crested Flycatcher. Note light base to lower mandible and pale front. Note the non-migratory phaeonotus race found in the Guyanas, Venezuela and north Brazil has very dark wings and back, and an all black bill.


Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Dusky cap darker than others in genus. Widespread and sometimes common, in lowlands up to midranges (1500m) in the Andes. Note distinctive 'wheeew' call.
Individual with a slightly less dusky cap.

Brown-crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note rufous tail. Large and vocal and more conspicuous than others in genus.


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