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Tyrant flycatchers - phoebes, kiskadees, kingbirds
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Species on page - 15 species in 11 genera depicted (out of over 400 species in around 100 genera)
Most speciose family of birds
White-headed marsh tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala )
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Masked water-tyrant ( Fluvicola nengeta)
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Cliff flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea)
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Austral negrito or Patagonian negrito (Lessonia rufa)
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Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa)
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Galápagos flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris)
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Ash-throated flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
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Bran-colored flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus)
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Lesser Kiskadee (Pitangus lictor)
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Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
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Vermillian flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
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Black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
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Say's phoebe (Sayornis saya)
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Cassin's kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)
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Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
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Loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
Austral Negrito or Patagonian Negrito
Tierra del Fuego
Princeton bird
Austral Negrito or Patagonian Negrito
(Lessonia rufa)
Tierra del Fuego National Park
December 20, 2013
Cattle Tyrant (Machetornis rixosa)
The Pantanal
Hitch-hiker
Cattle Tyrant
Machetornis rixosa
Transpantaneira "highway"
Galápagos Flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris)
Has anyone seen any flies?
Santiago Island
Galápagos
Canon Rebel T1i
August 2, 2010
Ash-throated flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
Passerine and prey
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus obscurus)
Vermillions of flycatchers
Obscure firehead
Vermillion but not
Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus)
Cliff flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea)
Between flies
White-headed marsh tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala )
The rant
Masked water-tyrant ( Fluvicola nengeta)
Lesser Kiskadee (Pitangus lictor)
Chained kiskadee
Lesser Kiskadee (Pitangus lictor)
Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers, phoebes, kiskadees, kingbirds - New World flycatchers)
Chains
Family: Tyrannidae
Gamboa
Panama
July 13, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII
Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Great kiskadee
Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
(Bienteveo Grande)
La Selva
Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)
Failure to social distance
Kestrel and king
Black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers, phoebes, kiskadees, kingbirds - New World flycatchers)
Eleanor Pardee Park
May 17, 2019
Canon 7DmarkII
Black phoebe
Black Phoebe
Phoebe and the tiger
Phoebe
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers, phoebes, kiskadees, kingbirds - New World flycatchers)
Alum Rock State Park
Bioblitz
March 13, 2021
Canon 7dmark2
Shitty neighbor
Say's phoebe (Sayornis saya)
Do what I Say
Say's phoebe (Sayornis saya)
Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers, phoebes, kiskadees, kingbirds - New World flycatchers)
Stanford Dish
November 29, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2
Say's in flight
Say's phoebe (Sayornis saya)
Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers, phoebes, kiskadees, kingbirds - New World flycatchers)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
January 14, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2
Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Tropic in the tropics
Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers, phoebes, kiskadees, kingbirds - New World flycatchers)
Canopy Tower
Panama
July 12, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII
When Palo Alto goes tropical
Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers, phoebes, kiskadees, kingbirds - New World flycatchers)
Geng Road
Palo Alto
December 19, 2020
Canon 7D markII
Loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus)
When birding comes to loggerheads
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Last modified: March 18, 2021
Created: December 29, 2012
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