Birds of Mexico

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Myiarchus (6 species, 22 worldwide)


Ash-throated Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens cinerascens)
 
   
Photograph by Danny Bales   © All Rights Reserved.


Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Lake Marian, Florida,  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Utica, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. A tiny bit larger than other myiarchus flycatchers, with a usually lowered brown crest that contrasts the grey face.

Nutting's Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher (Myiarchus nuttingi)
Durango Highway, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Similar to but thinner than the Brown-crested Flycatcher.
   
Photograph by Ron Knight     Copyright and usage info



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.

Yucatan Flycatcher
Yucatan Flycatcher (Myiarchus yucatanensis)
Camino Vigía Chico, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  Note rufous crown.
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.



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