Species of Tyrant Flycatchers

Information about the Tyrant Flycatchers

Species in taxonomic order

There are about 429 species.

Genus Ornithion

• White-lored Tyrannulet, Ornithion inerme
• Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet, Ornithion semiflavum
• Brown-capped Tyrannulet, Ornithion brunneicapillum

Genus Camptostoma

• Northern Beardless Tyrannulet, Camptostoma imberbe
• Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Camptostoma obsoletum
• Mouse-colored Tyrannulet, Phaeomyias murina
• Cocos Island Flycatcher, Nesotriccus ridgwayi
  Yellow Tyrannulet, Capsiempis flaveola
• Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet, Tyrannulus elatus

Genus Myiopagis

• Forest Elaenia, Myiopagis gaimardii
• Foothill Elaenia, Myiopagis olallai
• Gray Elaenia, Myiopagis caniceps
• Pacific Elaenia, Myiopagis subplacens
• Yellow-crowned Elaenia, Myiopagis flavivertex
• Jamaican Elaenia, Myiopagis cotta
• Greenish Elaenia, Myiopagis viridicata

Genus Pseudelaenia

• Grey-and-white Tyrannulet, Pseudelaenia leucospodia

Genus Elaenia

• Caribbean Elaenia, Elaenia martinica
• Large Elaenia, Elaenia spectabilis
• Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster
• Noronha Elaenia, Elaenia ridleyana
• White-crested Elaenia, Elaenia albiceps
• Small-billed Elaenia, Elaenia parvirostris
• Slaty Elaenia, Elaenia strepera
• Olivaceous Elaenia, Elaenia mesoleuca
• Mottle-backed Elaenia, Elaenia gigas
• Brownish Elaenia, Elaenia pelzelni
• Plain-crested Elaenia, Elaenia cristata
• Rufous-crowned Elaenia, Elaenia ruficeps
• Lesser Elaenia, Elaenia chiriquensis
• Mountain Elaenia, Elaenia frantzii
• Highland Elaenia, Elaenia obscura
• Great Elaenia, Elaenia dayi
• Sierran Elaenia, Elaenia pallatangae
• Greater Antillean Elaenia, Elaenia fallax

Genus Serpophaga

• Torrent Tyrannulet, Serpophaga cinerea
• Sooty Tyrannulet, Serpophaga nigricans
• River Tyrannulet, Serpophaga hypoleuca
• White-crested Tyrannulet, Serpophaga subcristata
• White-bellied Tyrannulet, Serpophaga munda

Genus Mionectes

• Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus
• Streak-necked Flycatcher, Mionectes striaticollis
• Olive-striped Flycatcher, Mionectes olivaceus
• Gray-hooded Flycatcher, Mionectes rufiventris
• MacConnell's Flycatcher, Mionectes macconnelli

Genus Leptopogon

• Rufous-breasted Flycatcher, Leptopogon rufipectus
• Inca Flycatcher, Leptopogon taczanowskii
• Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Leptopogon amaurocephalus
• Slaty-capped Flycatcher, Leptopogon superciliaris

Genus Pseudotriccus

• Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant, Pseudotriccus pelzelni
• Hazel-fronted Pygmy Tyrant, Pseudotriccus simplex
• Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant, Pseudotriccus ruficeps

Genus Phylloscartes

• Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant, Phylloscartes ophthalmicus
• Venezuelan Bristle Tyrant, Phylloscartes venezuelanus
• Antioquia Bristle Tyrant, Phylloscartes lanyoni
• Spectacled Bristle Tyrant, Phylloscartes orbitalis
• Variegated Bristle Tyrant, Phylloscartes poecilotis
• Southern Bristle Tyrant, Phylloscartes eximius
• Black-fronted Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes nigrifrons
• Chapman's Bristle Tyrant, Phylloscartes chapmani
• Ecuadorian Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes gualaquizae
• Rufous-lored Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes flaviventris
• Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes parkeri
• Minas Gerais Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes roquettei
• Sao Paulo Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes paulistus
• Oustalet's Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes oustaleti
• Restinga Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes kronei
• Serra do Mar Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes difficilis
• Alagoas Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes ceciliae
• Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes ventralis
• Bahia Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes beckeri
• Yellow-green Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes flavovirens
• Olive-green Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes virescens
• Rufous-browed Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes superciliaris
• Bay-ringed Tyrannulet, Phylloscartes sylviolus

Genus Phyllomyias

• Planalto Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias fasciatus
• White-fronted Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias zeledoni
• Rough-legged Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias burmeisteri
• Greenish Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias virescens
• Reiser's Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias reiseri
• Sclater's Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias sclateri
• Gray-capped Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias griseocapilla
• Sooty-headed Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias griseiceps
• Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias plumbeiceps
• Black-capped Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias nigrocapillus
• Ashy-headed Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias cinereiceps
• Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias uropygialis

Genus Zimmerius

• Mistletoe Tyrannulet or Paltry Tyrannulet, Zimmerius vilissimus,
• Venezuelan Tyrannulet, Zimmerius improbus
• Bolivian Tyrannulet, Zimmerius bolivianus
• Red-billed Tyrannulet, Zimmerius cinereicapillus
• Slender-footed Tyrannulet, Zimmerius gracilipes
• Peruvian Tyrannulet, Zimmerius viridiflavus
• Golden-faced Tyrannulet, Zimmerius chrysops

Genus Sublegatus

• Amazonian Scrub Flycatcher, Sublegatus obscurior
• Northern Scrub Flycatcher, Sublegatus arenarum
• Southern Scrub Flycatcher, Sublegatus modestus

Genus Suiriri

• Suiriri Flycatcher, Suiriri suiriri

Genus Mecocerculus

• White-throated Tyrannulet, Mecocerculus leucophrys
• White-tailed Tyrannulet, Mecocerculus poecilocercus
• Buff-banded Tyrannulet, Mecocerculus hellmayri
• Rufous-winged Tyrannulet, Mecocerculus calopterus
• Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet, Mecocerculus minor
• White-banded Tyrannulet, Mecocerculus stictopterus

Genus Inezia

• Slender-billed Tyrannulet, Inezia tenuirostris
• Plain Tyrannulet, Inezia inornata
• Pale-tipped Tyrannulet, Inezia subflava

Genus Stigmatura

• Lesser Wagtail-tyrant, Stigmatura napensis
• Greater Wagtail-tyrant, Stigmatura budytoides

Genus Uromyias

• Agile Tit-tyrant, Uromyias agilis
• Unstreaked Tit-tyrant, Uromyias agraphia

Genus Anairetes

• Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant, Anairetes alpinus
• Black-crested Tit-tyrant, Anairetes nigrocristatus
• Pied-crested Tit-tyrant, Anairetes reguloides
• Yellow-billed Tit-tyrant, Anairetes flavirostris
• Juan Fernandez Tit-tyrant, Anairetes fernandezianus
• Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Anairetes parulus

Many-colored Rush Tyrant, Tachuris rubrigastra

Sharp-tailed Tyrant, Culicivora caudacuta

Genus Polystictus

• Bearded Tachuri, Polystictus pectoralis
• Gray-backed Tachuri, Polystictus superciliaris

Genus Pseudocolopteryx

• Crested Doradito, Pseudocolopteryx sclateri
• Dinelli's Doradito, Pseudocolopteryx dinellianus
• Subtropical Doradito, Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis
• Warbling Doradito, Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris

Genus Euscarthmus

• Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant, Euscarthmus meloryphus
• Rufous-sided Pygmy Tyrant, Euscarthmus rufomarginatus

Genus Myiornis

• White-bellied Pygmy Tyrant, Myiornis albiventris
• Eared Pygmy Tyrant, Myiornis auricularis
• Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant, Myiornis atricapillus
• Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant, Myiornis ecaudatus

Genus Lophotriccus

• Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant, Lophotriccus pileatus
• Double-banded Pygmy Tyrant, Lophotriccus vitiosus
• Long-crested Pygmy Tyrant, Lophotriccus eulophotes
• Helmeted Pygmy Tyrant, Lophotriccus galeatus
• Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant, Lophotriccus pilaris

Genus Oncostoma

• Northern Bentbill, Oncostoma cinereigulare
• Southern Bentbill, Oncostoma olivaceum

Genus Poecilotriccus

• Rufous-crowned Tody-tyrant, Poecilotriccus ruficeps
• Slate-headed Tody-tyrant, Poecilotriccus sylvia
• Black-and-white Tody-tyrant, Poecilotriccus capitalis
• White-cheeked Tody-tyrant, Poecilotriccus albifacies

Black-chested Tyrant, Taeniotriccus andrei

Genus Hemitriccus

• Snethlage's Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus minor
• Boat-billed Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus josephinae
• Flammulated Bamboo Tyrant, Hemitriccus flammulatus
• Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant, Hemitriccus diops
• Brown-breasted Bamboo Tyrant, Hemitriccus obsoletus
• White-eyed Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus zosterops
• Zimmer's Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus minimus
• Eye-ringed Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus orbitatus
• Johannes' Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus iohannis
• Stripe-necked Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus striaticollis
• Hangnest Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus nidipendulus
• Yungas Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus spodiops
• Pearly-vented Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
• Pelzeln's Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus inornatus
• Black-throated Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus granadensis
• Buff-throated Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus rufigularis
• Cinnamon-breasted Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus
• Buff-breasted Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus mirandae
• Kaempfer's Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus kaempferi
• Fork-tailed Tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus furcatus

Genus Todirostrum

• Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum senex
• Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum russatum
• Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum plumbeiceps
• Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum latirostre
• Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum fumifrons
• Spotted Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum maculatum
• Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum poliocephalum
• Short-tailed Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum viridanum
• Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum nigriceps
• Painted Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum pictum
• Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum calopterum
• Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum pulchellum
• Common Tody-Flycatcher or Black-fronted Tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum
• Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum

Genus Corythopis

• Ringed Antpipit, Corythopis torquata
• Southern Antpipit, Corythopis delalandi

Brownish Flycatcher, Cnipodectes subbrunneus

Genus Ramphotrigon

• Large-headed Flatbill, Ramphotrigon megacephala
• Dusky-tailed Flatbill, Ramphotrigon fuscicauda
• Rufous-tailed Flatbill, Ramphotrigon ruficauda

Genus Rhynchocyclus

• Eye-ringed Flatbill, Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
• Pacific Flatbill, Rhynchocyclus pacificus
• Olivaceous Flatbill, Rhynchocyclus olivaceus
• Fulvous-breasted Flatbill, Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus

Genus Tolmomyias

• Yellow-olive Flycatcher, Tolmomyias sulphurescens
• Yellow-margined Flycatcher, Tolmomyias assimilis
• Gray-crowned Flycatcher, Tolmomyias poliocephalus
• Orange-eyed Flycatcher, Tolmomyias traylori
• Yellow-breasted Flycatcher, or Ochre-lored Flatbill, Tolmomyias flaviventris

Genus Platyrinchus

• Cinnamon-crested Spadebill, Platyrinchus saturatus
• Stub-tailed Spadebill, Platyrinchus cancrominus
• Yellow-throated Spadebill, Platyrinchus flavigularis
• Golden-crowned Spadebill, Platyrinchus coronatus
• White-throated Spadebill, Platyrinchus mystaceus
• White-crested Spadebill, Platyrinchus platyrhynchos
• Russet-winged Spadebill, Platyrinchus leucoryphus

Royal Flycatcher, Onychorhynchus coronatus

Ornate Flycatcher, Myiotriccus ornatus

Genus Myiophobus

• Flavescent Flycatcher, Myiophobus flavicans
• Orange-crested Flycatcher, Myiophobus phoenicomitra
• Roraiman Flycatcher, Myiophobus roraimae
• Unadorned Flycatcher, Myiophobus inornatus
• Handsome Flycatcher, Myiophobus pulcher
• Orange-banded Flycatcher, Myiophobus lintoni
• Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher, Myiophobus ochraceiventris
• Bran-colored Flycatcher, Myiophobus fasciatus
• Olive-chested Flycatcher, Myiophobus cryptoxanthus

Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher, Terenotriccus erythrurus

Genus Myiobius

• Tawny-breasted Flycatcher, Myiobius villosus
• Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher, Myiobius sulphureipygius
• Whiskered Flycatcher, Myiobius barbatus
• Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, Myiobius mastacalis
• Black-tailed Flycatcher, Myiobius atricaudus

Cinnamon Tyrant, Neopipo cinnamomea

Cinnamon Flycatcher, Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea

Cliff Flycatcher, Hirundinea ferruginea

Fuscous Flycatcher, Cnemotriccus fuscatus

Genus Lathrotriccus

• Euler's Flycatcher, Lathrotriccus euleri
• Grey-breasted Flycatcher, Lathrotriccus griseipectus

Genus Aphanotriccus: is a small genus of passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family. They breed in the Caribbean lowlands and foothills of Central America. There are just two species

• Tawny-chested Flycatcher or Salvin's Flycatcher, Aphanotriccus capitalis
• Black-billed Flycatcher, or Nelson’s Flycatcher Aphanotriccus audax

Genus Xenotriccus

• Belted Flycatcher, Xenotriccus callizonus
• Pileated Flycatcher, Xenotriccus mexicanus

Genus Mitrephanes

• Tufted Flycatcher, Mitrephanes phaeocercus
• Olive or Olive-tufted Flycatcher, Mitrephanes olivaceus

Genus Contopus/ Pewees

Genus Empidonax

Genus SayornisVermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus

Genus Silvicultrix

• Jelski's Chat-tyrant, Silvicultrix jelskii
• Yellow-bellied Chat-tyrant, Silvicultrix diadema
• Golden-browed Chat-tyrant, Silvicultrix pulchella

Genus Ochthoeca

• Crowned Chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca frontalis
• Peruvian Chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca spodionota
• Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
• Maroon-chested Chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca thoracica
• Piura Chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca piurae
• D'Orbigny's Chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca oenanthoides
• Rufous-breasted Chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
• Brown-backed Chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca fumicolor
• White-browed Chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca leucophrys

Tumbes Tyrant, Tumbezia salvini

Patagonian Tyrant, Colorhamphus parvirostris

Drab Water Tyrant, Ochthornis littoralis

Red-rumped Bush Tyrant, Cnemarchus erythropygius

Genus Myiotheretes

• Streak-throated Bush Tyrant, Myiotheretes striaticollis
• Santa Marta Bush Tyrant, Myiotheretes pernix
• Smoky Bush Tyrant, Myiotheretes fumigatus
• Rufous-bellied Bush Tyrant, Myiotheretes fuscorufus

Genus Xolmis

• Fire-eyed Diucon, Xolmis pyrope
• Gray Monjita, Xolmis cinerea
• Black-crowned Monjita, Xolmis coronata
• White-rumped Monjita, Xolmis velata
• White Monjita, Xolmis irupero
• Rusty-backed Monjita, Xolmis rubetra
• Salinas Monjita, Xolmis salinarum

• Black-and-white Monjita, Heteroxolmis dominicana
• Chocolate-vented Tyrant, Neoxolmis rufiventris

Genus Agriornis

• Black-billed Shrike-tyrant, Agriornis montana
• White-tailed Shrike-tyrant, Agriornis andicola
• Great Shrike-tyrant, Agriornis livida
• Gray-bellied Shrike-tyrant, Agriornis microptera
• Lesser Shrike-tyrant, Agriornis murina

Rufous-webbed Tyrant, Polioxolmis rufipennis

Genus Muscisaxicola

• Spot-billed Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola maculirostris
• Little Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola fluviatilis
• Dark-faced Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola macloviana
• Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola capistrata
• Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola rufivertex
• Puna Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola juninensis
• White-browed Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola albilora
• Plain-capped Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola alpina
• Cinereous Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola cinerea
• White-fronted Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola albifrons
• Ochre-naped Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola flavinucha
• Black-fronted Ground Tyrant, Muscisaxicola frontalis
• Short-tailed Field Tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda

Genus Lessonia

• Andean Negrito, Lessonia oreas
• Austral Negrito, Lessonia rufa

Genus Knipolegus

• Cinereous Tyrant, Knipolegus striaticeps
• Hudson's Black Tyrant, Knipolegus hudsoni
• Amazonian Black Tyrant, Knipolegus poecilocercus
• Andean Tyrant, Knipolegus signatus
• Blue-billed Black Tyrant, Knipolegus cyanirostris
• Rufous-tailed Tyrant, Knipolegus poecilurus
• Riverside Tyrant, Knipolegus orenocensis
• White-winged Black Tyrant, Knipolegus aterrimus
• Caatinga Black Tyrant, Knipolegus franciscanus
• Velvety Black Tyrant, Knipolegus nigerrimus
• Crested Black Tyrant, Knipolegus lophotes

Spectacled Tyrant, Hymenops perspicillatus

Genus Fluvicola

• Pied Water Tyrant, Fluvicola picat

White-headed Marsh Tyrant, Arundinicola leucocephala

Genus Alectrurus

• Cock-tailed Tyrant, Alectrurus tricolor
• Strange-tailed Tyrant, Alectrurus risora

Streamer-tailed Tyrant, Gubernetes yetapa

Yellow-browed Tyrant, Satrapa icterophrys

Long-tailed Tyrant, Colonia colonus

Cattle Tyrant, Machetornis rixosus

Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant, Muscipipra vetula

Genus Attila

Genus Casiornis

• Rufous Casiornis, Casiornis rufa
• Ash-throated Casiornis, Casiornis fusca

Sirystes, Sirystes sibilator

Genus Rhytipterna

• Rufous Mourner, Rhytipterna holerythra
• Grayish Mourner, Rhytipterna simplex
• Pale-bellied Mourner, Rhytipterna immunda

Genus Myiarchus

Flammulated Flycatcher, Deltarhynchus flammulatus

Lesser Kiskadee, Philohydor lictor

Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus

Boat-billed Flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua

Genus Myiozetetes

Genus Conopias

• White-ringed Flycatcher, Conopias albovittata
• Three-striped Flycatcher, Conopias trivirgata
• Yellow-throated Flycatcher, Conopias parva
• Lemon-browed Flycatcher, Conopias cinchoneti

Genus Myiodynastes

• Golden-bellied Flycatcher, Myiodynastes hemichrysus
• Golden-crowned Flycatcher, Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
• Baird's Flycatcher, Myiodynastes bairdii
• Streaked Flycatcher, Myiodynastes maculatus
• Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Myiodynastes luteiventris

Piratic Flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius

White-bearded Flycatcher, Phelpsia inornata

Variegated Flycatcher, Empidonomus varius

Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus

Sulphury Flycatcher, Tyrannopsis sulphurea

Genus Tyrannus, kingbirds

Genus Schiffornis

• Greater Schiffornis, Schiffornis major
• Thrush-like Schiffornis, Schiffornis turdinus
• Greenish Schiffornis, Schiffornis virescens

White-naped Xenopsaris, Xenopsaris albinucha

Genus Pachyramphus, becards

Genus Tityra

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