The
tyrant flycatchers (
Tyrannidae) occur throughout North and South America. They are now considered the largest family of birds on Earth, with around 400 species. As could be expected from
a family this large, the members vary greatly in habitat, shape, patterns and colors. Some Tyrant flycatchers superficially resemble the
Old World flycatchers. Most, but not all, are rather plain, and
many have erectile crests. Most are insectivorous, but some will eat fruit or small vertebrates.
The
Tyrannidae family is presented in these web pages:
1)
Tyrants, Black-Tyrants, Tit-Tyrants 2)
Pygmy Tyrants, Tody-Flycatchers, Tody-Tyrants
3)
Tyrants, Bush-Tyrants, Chat-Tyrants, Ground-Tyrants, Shrike Tyrants; Monjitas
4)
Tyrannulets 5)
Doradito, Elaenia, Tachuri
6)
Flycatchers, Spadebills, Twistwings 7)
Flycatchers, Pewees, Phoebes
8)
Flycatchers, Attilas, Flatbills, Sirystes 9)
Flycatchers, Kingbirds, Kiskadees
Tyrannulets
Genus Camptostoma
The two beardless-tyrannulet species are active birds, feeding in a vireo or warbler-like fashion on insects, spiders and berries. They build domed nests with side entrances.
Tyrannulet,_Northern Beardless Camptostoma imberbe Found: Arizona, Texas, Mexico, Central America
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Seabamirum - Arizona 2)
Marcel Holyoak - Arizona 3)
Amy McAndrews - Mexico 4)
Nick_Athanas - Mexico
Tyrannulet,_Southern_Beardless Camptostoma obsoletum Found: South America
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1)
Litlok 2)
Hector_Bottai - Argentina 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 4)
Felix_Uribe - Columbia
Genus Capsiempis - 1 species
Tyrannulet,_Yellow Capsiempis flaveola Found: Nicaragua to ne Argentina and se Brazil.
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1)
David Rodríguez Arias - Costa Rica 2)
Tim - Costa Rica 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil
Genus Inezia
Tyrannulet,_Amazonian Inezia subflava Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela
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Nick Athanas - Brazil 2)
Claudio_Timm - Brazil 3)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil
Tyrannulet,_Pale-tipped Inezia caudata Found: mainly Columbia, the Guianas, Venezuela; also Brazil
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Feroze_Omardeen 2)
Mike_Allen - Suriname 3)
Nick_Athanas - Guyana
Tyrannulet,_Plain Inezia inornata Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru
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Nick Athanas - Brazil 2)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil 3)
Nick_Athanas - Brazil
Tyrannulet,_Slender-billed Inezia tenuirostris Found: mainly northwest Venezuela; also bordering Columbia
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Barloventomagico - Venezuela 2)
Daniel_Uribe
Genus Mecocerculus
Tyrannulet,_Buff-banded Mecocerculus hellmayri Found: mainly Bolivia; also Argentina, Peru
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1)
Nick Athanas - Argentina 2)
Ron_Knight - Argentina
Tyrannulet,_Rufous-winged Mecocerculus calopterus Found: Ecuador, Peru
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1)
Jorge_Montejo - Peru 2) Rufous-
winged_Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - John_Anderson - Ecuador
Tyrannulet,_Sulpher-bellied Mecocerculus minor Found: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
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1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Hernan_Arias in Columbia
Tyrannulet,_White-banded Mecocerculus stictopterus Found: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
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1)
Michael_Woodruff 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 3)
Francesco_Veronesi - Columbia
Tyrannulet,_White-tailed Mecocerculus poecilocercus Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
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1)
Nick Athanas - Equador 2)
Tony_Castro - Ecuador
Tyrannulet,_White-throated Mecocerculus leucophrys Found: Venezuela to Argentina
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1, 2, 3) Nick Athanas - Argentina, Ecuador, Ecuador
Genus Ornithion
Ornithion are small, short-tailed tyrant flycatchers with a relatively heavy bill.
Tyrannulet,_Brown-capped Ornithion brunneicapillus Found: Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela
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1)
Dave_Curtis - Panama 2)
Ron_Knight - Columbia 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador
Tyrannulet,_White-lored Ornithion inerme Found: Brazil and surrounding countries
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1)
Claudio_Timm 2)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador
Tyrannulet,_Yellow-bellied Ornithion semiflavum Found: Mexico, Central America
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1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dave_Irving
2, 3) Nick Athanas - Mexico
Genus Phaeomyias - 1 species
Tyrannulet,_Mouse-colored Phaeomyias murina Found: Costa, Panama, South America
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1, 2, 3, 5)
Nick Athanas - Brazil, Panama, Ecuador, Ecuador 4)
Barloventomagico - Venezuela
1)
P. m. murina 2)
P. m. eremonoma 3, 4)
P. m. incomta 5)
P. m.
tumbezana
Genus Phyllomyias
Phylloscartes two subgroups: tyrannulets are more active foragers, frequently cock the tail; and bristle-tyrants which do not cock the tail and are less active when foraging.
Tyrannulet,_Ashy-headed Phyllomyias cinereiceps Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
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Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador
Tyrannulet,_Bahia Phylloscartes beckeri Found: state of Bahia in eastern Brazil
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao_Quental, Kurazo_Okada
Tyrannulet,_Bay-ringed Phylloscartes sylviolus Found: mainly southeeast Brazil; also Argentina, Paraguay
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Carlos_de_Almeida 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Sergio_Gregorio_da_Silva
Tyrannulet,_Black-capped Phyllomyias nigrocapillus Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
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Nick_Athanas 2)
Tony_Castro
Tyrannulet,_Black-fronted Phylloscartes nigrifrons Found: mainly Venezuela; also Brazil, Guyana
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Thiago_Laranjeiras 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - MARCELO_CAMACHO, Thiago_Laranjeiras
Tyrannulet,_Cinnamon-faced Phylloscartes parkeri Found: Bolivia, Peru
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Francesco_Veronesi - Peru
Tyrannulet,_Ecuadorian Phylloscartes gualaquizae Found: mainly Ecuador; also Columbia, Peru
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Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador 2)
Nick_Athanas
Tyrannulet,_Gray-capped Phyllomyias griseocapilla Found: southeast Brazil
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Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2)
Nick Athanas - Brazil
Tyrannulet,_Greenish Phyllomyias virescens Found: mainly Brazil; also Argentina, Paraguay
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Nick Athanas - Brazil 2)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil
Tyrannulet,_Minas_Gerais Phylloscartes roquettei Found: eastern Brazil
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ciro_Albano 2)
Geraldo_Pereira
Tyrannulet,_Mottle-cheeked Phylloscartes ventralis Found:
South America
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1, 3) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2)
Carlos_Henrique 4)
Nick_Athanas - Argentina
2) This clearly demonstrated the "mottle-cheek" look.
Tyrannulet,_Olive-green Phylloscartes virescens Found: Brazil, the Guianas
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Anselmo_d'_Affonseca
Tyrannulet,_Oustalet's Phylloscartes oustaleti Found: southeast Brazil
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Claudio_Timm 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Bertrando_Campos
Tyrannulet,_Planalto Phyllomyias fasciatus Found: mainly Brazil; also Argentian, Bolivia, Paraguay
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Dario_Sanches 2)
Carlos_Henrique - Brazil 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil
Tyrannulet,_Plumbeous-crowned Phyllomyias plumbeiceps Found: Columbia to Peru
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Julian_Londono 2)
Nick Athanas - Peru
Tyrannulet,_Reiser's Phyllomyias reiseri Found: mainly Brazil; also Paraguay
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Hector_Bottai
Tyrannulet,_Restinga Phylloscartes kronei Found: southeast Brazil
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1, 2) Aaron_Maizlish 3)
Hector_Bottai
Tyrannulet,_Rough-legged Phyllomyias burmeisteri Found: South America
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Claudio_Timm 2)
Nick_Athanas
Tyrannulet,_Rufous-lored Phylloscartes flaviventris Found: coastal area near Caracas Venezuela
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Lars_Petersson
Tyrannulet,_Sao_Paulo Phylloscartes paulista Found: mainly Brazil; also Argentina, Paraguay
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Marcel_Holyoak 2)
Nick_Athanas
Tyrannulet,_Sclater's Phyllomyias sclateri Found: South America
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Nick Athanas - Argentina, Peru
3, 4) Dominic Sherony - Cusco, Peru
1)
P. s. sclateri 2)
P. s. subtropicalis
Tyrannulet,_Serra_do_Mar Phylloscartes difficilis Found: southeast Brazil
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Carlos_de_Almeida 2)
Hector_Bottai 3)
Nick_Athanas
Tyrannulet,_Sooty-headed Phyllomyias griseiceps Found: Panama, northern South America
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1, 2) Tony_Castro - Ecuador
3, 4) Nick Athanas - Ecuador, Peru
Tyrannulet,_Tawny-rumped Phyllomyias uropygialis Found: mainly Bolivia Columbia, Ecuador, Peru; also Argentina, Venezuela
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Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Fabrice_Schmitt
Tyrannulet,_Urich's Phyllomyias urichi Found: northeast Venezuela
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hbw.com
Tyrannulet,_Yellow-green also
Panamanian Tyrannulet Phylloscartes flavovirens Found: Panama
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Linda_Barrera
Tyrannulet,_Yungas Phyllomyias weedeni Found: mainly Bolivia; also Peru
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joe_Tobias
Tyrant,_Antioquia_Bristle- Phylloscartes lanyoni also
Pogonotriccus lanyoni Found: Columbia
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Bjorn_Anderson 3)
Nick Athanas - Columbia
Tyrant,_Chapman's_Bristle- Phylloscartes chapmani also
Pogonotriccus chapmani Found: mainly Venezuela; also Brazil
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Jacob_Saucier
Tyrant,_Marble-faced_Bristle- Phylloscartes ophthalmicus also
Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus Found: Venezuela to Bolivia
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Gary_Clark - Ecuador 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 3)
Francesco_Veronesi - Columbia
Tyrant,_Southern_Bristle- Phylloscartes eximius also
Pogonotriccus eximius Found: mainly southern Brazil; also Argentina, Paraguay
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Bruno_Renno 2)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil
Tyrant,_Spectacled_Bristle- Phylloscartes orbitalis also
Pogonotriccus orbitalis Found: Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
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Carmelo López _Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Carmelo_Lopez
Tyrant,_Variegated_Bristle- Phylloscartes poecilotis also
Pogonotriccus venezuelanus Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
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Alejandro_Tamayo 2)
Francesco_Veronesi - Columbia
Tyrant,_Venezuelan_Bristle- Phylloscartes venezuelanus also
Pogonotriccus venezuelanus Found: northern Venezuela
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Jhonathan_Miranda
Genus Pseudelaenia - 1 species
Tyrannulet,_Gray-and-white Pseudelaenia leucospodia Found: mainly Peru; also Ecuador
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1, 2) Jorge_Montejo 3)
Nick_Athanas - Peru
Genus Serpophaga
Tyrannulet,_River Serpophaga hypoleuca Found: river edge habitats in the Orinoco and Amazon watersheds
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Barloventomagico 2)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil
Tyrannulet,_Sooty Serpophaga nigricans Found: South America
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1, 2)
Dario Sanches - Brazil 3)
Cristiano Crolle - Esteros del Iberà, Argentina 4)
Nick Athanas - Brazil
Tyrannulet,_Straneck's Serpophaga griseicapilla Found: Argentian, Bolivia, Paraguay
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Claudio_Timm 2)
Dominic_Sherony - Argentina 3)
Nick_Athanas - Argentina
Tyrannulet,_Torrent Serpophaga cinerea Found: Central and South America
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Dick Daniels - Sacred Valley, Peru 2)
David Cooke - Peru 3) Francesco Veronesi - Ecuador 4)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 5)
Tom_Murray - Costa Rica
Tyrannulet,_White-crested Serpophaga subcristata Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uraguay
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Carlos_Henrique - Brazil 2)
Hector Bottai 3)
Dario Sanches - Brazil
Genus Zimmerius
Tyrannulet,_Bolivian Zimmerius bolivianus Found: Bolivia, Peru
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Joao_Quental - Peru 2)
Claudio_Timm
Tyrannulet_Chico's Zimmerius chicomendesi Found: Brazil
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Fabio_Schunck 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Bruno_Renno
Tyrannulet,_Choco Zimmerius albigularis Found: southwest Columbia, western Ecuador
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Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Rob_Gowan
Tyrannulet,_Golden-faced Zimmerius chrysops Found: Columbia. Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
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Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Francesco_Veronesi - Columbia
Tyrannulet,_Guianan Zimmerius acer Found: Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela
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Nick Athanas - Brazil 2)
Hector_Bottai
Tyrannulet,_Mishana Zimmerius villarejoi Found: Peru
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Nick Athanas - Peru 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Roger_Ahlman
Tyrannulet,_Paltry Zimmerius vilissimus Found: Mexico, Central America; Columbia, Venezuela
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Nick Athanas - Costa Rica 2)
David Rodríguez Arias - Costa Rica 3)
Doug_Greenberg - Costa Rica 4)
Zak_Pohlen - Costa Rica
Tyrannulet,_Peruvian Zimmerius viridiflavus Found: Ecuador, Peru
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Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador 2)
Opisska - Peru 3)
Nick_Athanas - Peru
Tyrannulet,_Red-billed Zimmerius cinereicapilla Found: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
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Dick Daniels - Peru 2)
Nick Athanas - Peru
Tyrannulet,_Slender-footed Zimmerius gracilipes Found: Bolivia, Brazil. Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
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Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Claudio Timm