Myiarchus
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Myiarchus is a genus
of tyrant flycatcher
s. They are all fairly similar looking and areas where they overlap in range can making identification to species difficult at best.
Myiarchus flycatchers are fairly large tyrant-flycatchers at 16–23 cm (6.3–9 in) long. They are all partially crested with a brown to gray back and head, a rufous to blackish tail and yellow to pale underparts. They typically forage by perching on an open branch and looking outward and downward for prey, which primarily consists of insects. Once it spots a potential meal, the flycatcher rapidly and directly flies at the insect, which is normally on the exposed upper surface of a leaf or twig. It hovers briefly before the insect before grabbing it in its beak and flying away to typically a new perch.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of tyrant flycatcher
Tyrant flycatcher
The tyrant flycatchers are a family of passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They are considered the largest family of birds on Earth, with more than 400 species. They are the most diverse avian family in every country in the Americas, except for the United States and...
s. They are all fairly similar looking and areas where they overlap in range can making identification to species difficult at best.
Myiarchus flycatchers are fairly large tyrant-flycatchers at 16–23 cm (6.3–9 in) long. They are all partially crested with a brown to gray back and head, a rufous to blackish tail and yellow to pale underparts. They typically forage by perching on an open branch and looking outward and downward for prey, which primarily consists of insects. Once it spots a potential meal, the flycatcher rapidly and directly flies at the insect, which is normally on the exposed upper surface of a leaf or twig. It hovers briefly before the insect before grabbing it in its beak and flying away to typically a new perch.
- Rufous FlycatcherRufous FlycatcherThe Rufous Flycatcher is a bird species in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
, Myiarchus semirufus - Yucatan FlycatcherYucatan FlycatcherThe Yucatan Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and heavily degraded former forest....
, Myiarchus yucatanensis - Sad FlycatcherSad FlycatcherThe Sad Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is endemic to Jamaica.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
, Myiarchus barbirostris - Dusky-capped FlycatcherDusky-capped FlycatcherThe Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in forest and other woodland from southern Arizona, as well as the Chisos Mountains, Texas, south to northern Argentina and on Trinidad...
, Myiarchus tuberculifer - Swainson's FlycatcherSwainson's FlycatcherSwainson's Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
, Myiarchus swainsoni - Venezuelan FlycatcherVenezuelan FlycatcherThe Venezuelan Flycatcher, Myiarchus venezuelensis, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It was formerly considered to be a race of the Short-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus ferox, but the two species overlap without interbreeding in Venezuela, and the calls are different.It breeds in...
, Myiarchus venezuelensis - Panamanian Flycatcher, Myiarchus panamensis
- Short-crested FlycatcherShort-crested FlycatcherThe Short-crested Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
, Myiarchus ferox - Pale-edged FlycatcherPale-edged FlycatcherThe Pale-edged Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
, Myiarchus cephalotes - Sooty-crowned FlycatcherSooty-crowned FlycatcherThe Sooty-crowned Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
, Myiarchus phaeocephalus - Apical FlycatcherApical FlycatcherThe Apical Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
, Myiarchus apicalis - Ash-throated FlycatcherAsh-throated FlycatcherThe Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in desert scrub, riparian forest, brushy pastures and open woodland from the western United States to central Mexico. It is a short-distance migrant, retreating from most of the U.S....
, Myiarchus cinerascens - Nutting's FlycatcherNutting's FlycatcherNutting's Flycatcher, Myiarchus nuttingi, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in semi-arid desert scrub and tropical deciduous forest from western Mexico to northwest Costa Rica...
, Myiarchus nuttingi - Great Crested FlycatcherGreat Crested FlycatcherThe Great Crested Flycatcher is a large insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the genus, Myiarchus, in North America and is found over most of the eastern and mid-western portions of the continent...
, Myiarchus crinitus - Brown-crested FlycatcherBrown-crested FlycatcherThe Brown-crested Flycatcher is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in open woodland from southern California, southern Nevada, central Arizona, and southern Texas southward to Argentina and Bolivia, and on Trinidad and Tobago...
, Myiarchus tyrannulus - Grenada FlycatcherGrenada FlycatcherThe Grenada Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Brown-crested Flycatcher ....
, Myiarchus nugator - Galapagos Flycatcher, Myiarchus magnirostris
- Rufous-tailed FlycatcherRufous-tailed FlycatcherThe Rufous-tailed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Cayman Islands and Jamaica....
, Myiarchus validus - La Sagra's FlycatcherLa Sagra's FlycatcherLa Sagra's Flycatcher, Myiarchus sagrae, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.It breeds on Cuba, the Bahamas and Grand Cayman in the West Indies...
, Myiarchus sagrae - Stolid FlycatcherStolid FlycatcherThe Stolid Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica....
, Myiarchus stolidus - Lesser Antillean FlycatcherLesser Antillean FlycatcherThe Lesser Antillean Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Barbuda, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia....
, Myiarchus oberi - Puerto Rican FlycatcherPuerto Rican FlycatcherThe Puerto Rican Flycatcher is a tyrant flycatcher endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico and one of the 22 species belonging to the Myiarchus genus of the Tyrannidae family.-See also:*Fauna of Puerto Rico...
, Myiarchus antillarum