Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Silvicultrix (3 species, 5 worldwide)


Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant
Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix diadema gratiosa)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
  Stays low and hidden.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Stays low and hidden.

Crowned Chat-Tyrant
Crowned Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis frontalis)
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Uncommon at over 3000m (lower further from the equator in Peru).

Jelski's Chat-Tyrant
Jelski's Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix jelskii)
Between Sozoranga and Utuana, Loja province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.



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