Large-billed Flycatcher
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The Galapagos Flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris) also known as the Large-billed Flycatcher is a species of bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

 in the Tyrannidae family.
It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part.The Galápagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a...

, where it is present on all the main islands. The species was once placed in its own genus, Eribates, based upon a supposed "very long tarsus".

The Galapagos Flycatcher is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) in length, and is the smallest member of its genus.

Its natural habitat
Habitat
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s are tropical dry forest
Forest
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s and tropical arid shrubland
Shrubland
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with cacti.
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