The tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) comprise a family of passerine birds which is found virtually throughout North and South America. It is the world's largest family of birds, with more than 400 species, and is the most diverse avian family in every country in the Americas, except for the United States and Canada. The members vary greatly in shape, patterns, size, and colors. Some tyrant flycatchers may superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, which they are named after but are not closely related to. The Tyrannidae is a member of suborder Tyranni (suboscines), a group that lacks the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds (oscines).

A number of species previously included in this family are now placed in the family Tityridae (see Systematics). Sibley and Alquist in their 1990 bird taxonomy had the genera Mionectes, Leptopogon, Pseudotriccus, Poecilotriccus, Taenotriccus, Hemitriccus, Todirostrum and Corythopis as a separate family Pipromorphidae, but although it is still thought that these genera are basal to most of the family, they are not each other's closest relatives. The minuscule size and very short tail of the Myiornis pygmy tyrants often lend them a resemblance to a tiny ball or insect. The largest tyrant flycatcher is the great shrike-tyrant at and . A few species such as the streamer-tailed tyrant, scissor-tailed flycatcher and fork-tailed flycatcher have a larger total length — up to in the fork-tailed flycatcher at least — but this is mainly due to their extremely long tails; the fork-tailed flycatcher has the longest tail feathers of any known bird relative to their size (this being in reference to true tail feathers, not to be confused with elongated tail streamers as seen in some from the Phasianidae family of galliforms). This species is common south of the US border. The situation for a number of other species from South and Central America is far more problematic. In 2007, BirdLife International (and consequently IUCN) considered two species, the Minas Gerais tyrannulet and Kaempfer's tody-tyrant critically endangered. Both are endemic to Brazil. Additionally, seven species were considered endangered and eighteen species vulnerable.

Systematics

The family's name is derived from an early description of the eastern kingbird as "the tyrant" by naturalist Mark Catesby in the 1730s. Carl Linnaeus adopted that name for the entire family Tyrannidae, because he admired Catesby's work.

The family contains 441 species divided into 104 genera. A full list, sortable by common and binomial names, is at list of tyrant flycatcher species. Species in the genera Tityra, Pachyramphus, Laniocera and Xenopsaris were formerly placed in this family, but evidence suggested they belong in their own family, the Tityridae, where they are now placed by SACC.

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! Image !! Genus !! Species

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|175px || Piprites ||

  • Wing-barred piprites, Piprites chloris
  • Grey-headed piprites, Piprites griseiceps
  • Black-capped piprites, Piprites pileata

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|175px || Phyllomyias ||

  • Planalto tyrannulet, Phyllomyias fasciatus
  • Yungas tyrannulet, Phyllomyias weedeni
  • Greenish tyrannulet, Phyllomyias virescens
  • Reiser's tyrannulet, Phyllomyias reiseri
  • Urich's tyrannulet, Phyllomyias urichi
  • Sclater's tyrannulet, Phyllomyias sclateri
  • Grey-capped tyrannulet, Phyllomyias griseocapilla
  • Sooty-headed tyrannulet, Phyllomyias griseiceps
  • Plumbeous-crowned tyrannulet, Phyllomyias plumbeiceps

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|175px || Acrochordopus ||

  • Rough-legged tyrannulet, Acrochordopus burmeisteri
  • White-fronted tyrannulet, Acrochordopus zeledoni

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|175px || Tyranniscus ||

  • Black-capped tyrannulet, Tyranniscus nigrocapillus
  • Ashy-headed tyrannulet, Tyranniscus cinereiceps
  • Tawny-rumped tyrannulet, Tyranniscus uropygialis

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|175px || Tyrannulus ||

  • Yellow-crowned tyrannulet,Tyrannulus elatus

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|175px || Myiopagis ||

  • Gray-headed elaenia, Myiopagis caniceps
  • Choco elaenia, Myiopagis parambae
  • Amazonian elaenia, Myiopagis cinerea
  • Jamaican elaenia, Myiopagis cotta
  • Yellow-crowned elaenia, Myiopagis flavivertex
  • Forest elaenia, Myiopagis gaimardii
  • Foothill elaenia, Myiopagis olallai
  • Pacific elaenia, Myiopagis subplacens
  • Greenish elaenia, Myiopagis viridicata

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|175px || Elaenia ||

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

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|175px || Ornithion ||

  • Brown-capped tyrannulet, Ornithion brunneicapillus
  • White-lored tyrannulet, Ornithion inerme
  • Yellow-bellied tyrannulet, Ornithion semiflavum

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|175px || Camptostoma ||

  • Northern beardless tyrannulet, Camptostoma imberbe
  • Southern beardless tyrannulet, Camptostoma obsoletum

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|175px || Suiriri ||

  • Suiriri flycatcher, Suiriri suiriri

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|175px || 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

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|175px || 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 Fernández tit-tyrant, Anairetes fernandezianus
  • Tufted tit-tyrant, Anairetes parulus

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|175px || Uromyias ||

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

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|175px || Serpophaga ||

  • Torrent tyrannulet, Serpophaga cinerea
  • River tyrannulet, Serpophaga hypoleuca
  • Sooty tyrannulet, Serpophaga nigricans
  • White-crested tyrannulet, Serpophaga subcristata
  • Straneck's tyrannulet, Serpophaga griseicapilla

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|175px || Nesotriccus ||

  • Mouse-colored tyrannulet, Nesotriccus murinus
  • Cocos tyrannulet, Nesotriccus ridgwayi
  • Tumbesian tyrannulet, Nesotriccus tumbezanus
  • Maranon tyrannulet, Nesotriccus maranonicus

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|175px || Capsiempis ||

  • Yellow tyrannulet, Capsiempis flaveola

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|175px || Polystictus ||

  • Bearded tachuri, Polystictus pectoralis
  • Grey-backed tachuri, Polystictus superciliaris

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|175px || Pseudocolopteryx ||

  • Crested doradito, Pseudocolopteryx sclateri
  • Subtropical doradito, Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis
  • Dinelli's doradito, Pseudocolopteryx dinelliana
  • Warbling doradito, Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris
  • Ticking doradito, Pseudocolopteryx citreola

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|175px || Pseudotriccus ||

  • Bronze-olive pygmy tyrant, Pseudotriccus pelzelni
  • Rufous-headed pygmy tyrant, Pseudotriccus ruficeps
  • Hazel-fronted pygmy tyrant, Pseudotriccus simplex

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|175px || Corythopis ||

  • Ringed antpipit, Corythopis torquatus
  • Southern antpipit, Corythopis delalandi

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|175px || Euscarthmus ||

  • Fulvous-crowned scrub tyrant, Euscarthmus meloryphus
  • Fulvous-faced scrub tyrant, Euscarthmus fulviceps
  • Rufous-sided scrub tyrant, Euscarthmus rufomarginatus

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|175px|| Pseudelaenia ||

  • Grey-and-white tyrannulet, Pseudelaenia leucospodia

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|175px || Stigmatura ||

  • Lesser wagtail-tyrant, Stigmatura napensis
  • Bahia wagtail-tyrant, Stigmatura bahiae
  • Greater wagtail-tyrant, Stigmatura budytoides
  • Caatinga wagtail-tyrant, Stigmatura (budytoides) gracilis

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|175px || Zimmerius ||

  • Guatemalan tyrannulet, Zimmerius vilissimus
  • Mistletoe tyrannulet, Zimmerius parvus
  • Spectacled tyrannulet, Zimmerius improbus
  • Venezuelan tyrannulet, Zimmerius petersi
  • Bolivian tyrannulet, Zimmerius bolivianus
  • Red-billed tyrannulet, Zimmerius cinereicapilla
  • Mishana tyrannulet, Zimmerius villarejoi
  • Chico's tyrannulet, Zimmerius chicomendesi
  • Slender-footed tyrannulet, Zimmerius gracilipes
  • Guianan tyrannulet, Zimmerius acer
  • Golden-faced tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops
  • Coopmans's tyrannulet, Zimmerius minimus
  • Choco tyrannulet, Zimmerius albigularis
  • Loja tyrannulet, Zimmerius flavidifrons
  • Peruvian tyrannulet, Zimmerius viridiflavus

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|175px || Pogonotriccus ||

  • Variegated bristle tyrant, Pogonotriccus poecilotis
  • Chapman's bristle tyrant, Pogonotriccus chapmani
  • Marble-faced bristle tyrant, Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus
  • Spectacled bristle tyrant, Pogonotriccus orbitalis
  • Venezuelan bristle tyrant, Pogonotriccus venezuelanus
  • Antioquia bristle tyrant, Pogonotriccus lanyoni
  • Southern bristle tyrant, Pogonotriccus eximius
  • São Paulo bristle tyrant, Pogonotriccus paulista
  • Serra do Mar bristle tyrant, Pogonotriccus difficilis

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|175px || Phylloscartes ||

  • Mottle-cheeked tyrannulet, Phylloscartes ventralis
  • Alagoas tyrannulet, Phylloscartes ceciliae
  • Restinga tyrannulet, Phylloscartes kronei
  • Bahia tyrannulet, Phylloscartes beckeri
  • Panama tyrannulet, Phylloscartes flavovirens
  • Olive-green tyrannulet, Phylloscartes virescens
  • Ecuadorian tyrannulet, Phylloscartes gualaquizae
  • Black-fronted tyrannulet, Phylloscartes nigrifrons
  • Rufous-browed tyrannulet, Phylloscartes superciliaris
  • Rufous-lored tyrannulet, Phylloscartes flaviventris
  • Cinnamon-faced tyrannulet, Phylloscartes parkeri
  • Minas Gerais tyrannulet, Phylloscartes roquettei
  • Oustalet's tyrannulet, Phylloscartes oustaleti
  • Bay-ringed tyrannulet, Phylloscartes sylviolus

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|175px || Mionectes ||

  • Streak-necked flycatcher, Mionectes striaticollis
  • Olive-striped flycatcher, Mionectes galbinus
  • Olive-streaked flycatcher, Mionectes olivaceus
  • Ochre-bellied flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus
  • McConnell's flycatcher, Mionectes macconnelli
  • Sierra de Lema flycatcher, Mionectes roraimae
  • Grey-hooded flycatcher, Mionectes rufiventris

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|175px || Leptopogon ||

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

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|175px || Guyramemua ||

  • Chapada flycatcher, Guyramemua affine

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|175px || Sublegatus ||

  • Northern scrub flycatcher, Sublegatus arenarum
  • Southern scrub flycatcher, Sublegatus modestus
  • Amazonian scrub flycatcher, Sublegatus obscurior

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|175px || Inezia ||

  • Slender-billed inezia, Inezia tenuirostris
  • Plain inezia, Inezia inornata
  • Amazonian inezia, Inezia subflava
  • Pale-tipped inezia, Inezia caudata

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|175px || Myiophobus ||

  • Olive-chested flycatcher, Myiophobus cryptoxanthus
  • Flavescent flycatcher, Myiophobus flavicans
  • Unadorned flycatcher, Myiophobus inornatus
  • Orange-crested flycatcher, Myiophobus phoenicomitra
  • Roraiman flycatcher, Myiophobus roraimae
  • Bran-colored flycatcher, Myiophobus fasciatus
  • Mouse-gray flycatcher, Myiophobus crypterythrus
  • Rufescent flycatcher, Myiophobus rufescens

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|175px || Nephelomyias ||

  • Orange-banded flycatcher, Nephelomyias lintoni
  • Ochraceous-breasted flycatcher, Nephelomyias ochraceiventris
  • Handsome flycatcher, Nephelomyias pulcher

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|175px || Myiotriccus ||

  • Ornate flycatcher, Myiotriccus ornatus

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|175px || Tachuris ||

  • Many-colored rush tyrant, Tachuris rubrigastra

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|175px || Culicivora ||

  • Sharp-tailed grass tyrant, Culicivora caudacuta

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|175px || 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's 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
  • White-bellied tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus griseipectus
  • Acre tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus cohnhafti

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|175px || Myiornis ||

  • White-bellied pygmy tyrant, Myiornis albiventris
  • Eared pygmy tyrant, Myiornis auricularis
  • Black-capped pygmy tyrant, Myiornis atricapillus
  • Short-tailed pygmy tyrant, Myiornis ecaudatus

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|175px || Oncostoma ||

  • Northern bentbill, Oncostoma cinereigulare
  • Southern bentbill, Oncostoma olivaceum

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|175px || Lophotriccus ||

  • Scale-crested pygmy tyrant, Lophotriccus pileatus
  • Double-banded pygmy tyrant, Lophotriccus vitiosus
  • Long-crested pygmy tyrant, Lophotriccus eulophotes
  • Helmeted pygmy tyrant, Lophotriccus galeatus

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|175px || Atalotriccus ||

  • Pale-eyed pygmy tyrant, Atalotriccus pilaris

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|175px || Poecilotriccus ||

  • Rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus ruficeps
  • Lulu's tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus luluae
  • White-cheeked tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus albifacies
  • Black-and-white tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus capitalis
  • Buff-cheeked tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus senex
  • Ruddy tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus russatus
  • Ochre-faced tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps
  • Smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus fumifrons
  • Rusty-fronted tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus latirostris
  • Slaty-headed tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus sylvia
  • Golden-winged tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus calopterus
  • Black-backed tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus pulchellus

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|175px || Taeniotriccus ||

  • Black-chested tyrant, Taeniotriccus andrei

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|175px || Todirostrum – typical tody-flycatchers ||

  • Spotted tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum maculatum
  • Yellow-lored tody-flycatcher or grey-headed tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum poliocephalum
  • Maracaibo tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum viridanum
  • Black-headed tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum nigriceps
  • Painted tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum pictum
  • Common tody-flycatcher or black-fronted tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum
  • Yellow-browed tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum

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|175px || Cnipodectes ||

  • Brownish twistwing, Cnipodectes subbrunneus
  • Rufous twistwing, Cnipodectes superrufus

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|175px || Rhynchocyclus ||

  • Eye-ringed flatbill, Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
  • Pacific flatbill, Rhynchocyclus pacificus
  • Eastern olivaceous flatbill, Rhynchocyclus olivaceus
  • Western olivaceous flatbill, Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis
  • Fulvous-breasted flatbill, Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus

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|175px || Tolmomyias ||

  • Yellow-olive flatbill, Tolmomyias sulphurescens
  • Orange-eyed flatbill, Tolmomyias traylori
  • Yellow-margined flatbill, Tolmomyias assimilis
  • Yellow-winged flatbill, Tolmomyias flavotectus
  • Grey-crowned flatbill, Tolmomyias poliocephalus
  • Ochre-lored flatbill, Tolmomyias flaviventris
  • Olive-faced flatbill, Tolmomyias viridiceps

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|175px || Calyptura ||

  • Kinglet calyptura, Calyptura cristata

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|175px || 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

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|175px || Neopipo ||

  • Cinnamon manakin-tyrant, Neopipo cinnamomea

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|175px || Pyrrhomyias ||

  • Cinnamon flycatcher, Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus

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|175px || Hirundinea ||

  • Cliff flycatcher, Hirundinea ferruginea

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|175px || Lathrotriccus ||

  • Euler's flycatcher, Lathrotriccus euleri
  • Grenadan Euler's flycatcher, Lathrotriccus euleri flaviventris; extinct (early 1950s)
  • Grey-breasted flycatcher, Lathrotriccus griseipectus

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|175px || Aphanotriccus ||

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

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|175px || Cnemotriccus ||

  • Fuscous flycatcher, Cnemotriccus fuscatus

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|175px || Xenotriccus ||

  • Belted flycatcher, Xenotriccus callizonus
  • Pileated flycatcher, Xenotriccus mexicanus

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|175px || Sayornis – phoebes ||

  • Eastern phoebe, Sayornis phoebe
  • Black phoebe, Sayornis nigricans
  • Say's phoebe, Sayornis saya

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|175px || Mitrephanes ||

  • Northern tufted flycatcher, Mitrephanes phaeocercus
  • Olive tufted flycatcher, Mitrephanes olivaceus

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|175px || Contopus ||

  • Olive-sided flycatcher, Contopus cooperi
  • Greater pewee, Contopus pertinax
  • Dark pewee, Contopus lugubris
  • Smoke-colored pewee, Contopus fumigatus
  • Ochraceous pewee, Contopus ochraceus
  • Western wood pewee, Contopus sordidulus
  • Eastern wood pewee, Contopus virens
  • Northern tropical pewee, Contopus bogotensis
  • Southern tropical pewee, Contopus cinereus
  • Tumbes pewee, Contopus punensis
  • White-throated pewee, Contopus albogularis
  • Blackish pewee, Contopus nigrescens
  • Cuban pewee, Contopus caribaeus
  • Hispaniolan pewee, Contopus hispaniolensis
  • Jamaican pewee, Contopus pallidus
  • Lesser Antillean pewee, Contopus latirostris

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|175px || Empidonax ||

  • Yellow-bellied flycatcher, Empidonax flaviventris
  • Acadian flycatcher, Empidonax virescens
  • Alder flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum
  • Willow flycatcher, Empidonax traillii
  • White-throated flycatcher, Empidonax albigularis
  • Least flycatcher, Empidonax minimus
  • Hammond's flycatcher, Empidonax hammondii
  • American grey flycatcher, Empidonax wrightii
  • American dusky flycatcher, Empidonax oberholseri
  • Pine flycatcher, Empidonax affinis
  • Western flycatcher, Empidonax difficilis
  • Yellowish flycatcher, Empidonax flavescens
  • Buff-breasted flycatcher, Empidonax fulvifrons
  • Black-capped flycatcher, Empidonax atriceps

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|175px || Pyrocephalus ||

  • Scarlet flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus
  • Vermilion flycatcher, Pyrocephalus obscurus
  • Darwin's flycatcher, Pyrocephalus nanus
  • ✝San Cristóbal flycatcher, Pyrocephalus dubius

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|175px || Ochthornis ||

  • Drab water tyrant, Ochthornis littoralis

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|175px || Satrapa ||

  • Yellow-browed tyrant, Satrapa icterophrys

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|175px || Syrtidicola ||

  • Little ground tyrant, Syrtidicola fluviatilis

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|175px || Muscisaxicola – ground tyrants ||

  • Spot-billed ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola maculirostris
  • White-fronted ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola albifrons
  • Ochre-naped ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola flavinucha
  • Paramo ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola alpinus
  • Taczanowski's ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola griseus
  • Cinereous ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola cinereus
  • Rufous-naped ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola rufivertex
  • Dark-faced ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola maclovianus
  • White-browed ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola albilora
  • Cinnamon-bellied ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola capistratus
  • Puna ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola juninensis
  • Black-fronted ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola frontalis

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|175px || Lessonia ||

  • Andean negrito, Lessonia oreas
  • Austral negrito, Lessonia rufa

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|175px || Hymenops ||

  • Spectacled tyrant, Hymenops perspicillatus

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|175px || Knipolegus ||

  • Blue-billed black tyrant, Knipolegus cyanirostris
  • Jelski's black tyrant, Knipolegus signatus
  • Plumbeous tyrant, Knipolegus cabanisi
  • Cinereous tyrant, Knipolegus striaticeps
  • White-winged black tyrant, Knipolegus aterrimus
  • Hudson's black tyrant, Knipolegus hudsoni
  • Rufous-tailed tyrant, Knipolegus poecilurus
  • Riverside tyrant, Knipolegus orenocensis
  • Amazonian black tyrant, Knipolegus poecilocercus
  • Crested black tyrant, Knipolegus lophotes
  • Velvety black tyrant, Knipolegus nigerrimus
  • Sao Francisco black tyrant or Caatinga black tyrant, Knipolegus franciscanus

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|175px || Cnemarchus ||

  • Red-rumped bush tyrant, Cnemarchus erythropygius
  • Rufous-webbed bush tyrant, Cnemarchus rufipennis

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|175px || Xolmis ||

  • White-rumped monjita, Xolmis velatus
  • White monjita, Xolmis irupero

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|175px || Pyrope ||

  • Fire-eyed diucon, Pyrope pyrope

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|175px || Nengetus ||

  • Grey monjita, Nengetus cinereus

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|175px || Neoxolmis ||

  • Black-crowned monjita, Neoxolmis coronatus
  • Rusty-backed monjita, Neoxolmis rubetra
  • Salinas monjita, Neoxolmis salinarum
  • Chocolate-vented tyrant, Neoxolmis rufiventris

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|175px || Myiotheretes ||

  • Streak-throated bush tyrant, Myiotheretes striaticollis
  • Rufous-bellied bush tyrant, Myiotheretes fuscorufus
  • Santa Marta bush tyrant, Myiotheretes pernix
  • Smoky bush tyrant, Myiotheretes fumigatus

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|175px || Agriornis – shrike-tyrants ||

  • Black-billed shrike-tyrant, Agriornis montanus
  • Lesser shrike-tyrant, Agriornis murinus
  • White-tailed shrike-tyrant, Agriornis albicauda
  • Grey-bellied shrike-tyrant, Agriornis micropterus
  • Great shrike-tyrant, Agriornis lividus

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|175px || Gubernetes ||

  • Streamer-tailed tyrant, Gubernetes yetapa

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|175px || Muscipipra ||

  • Shear-tailed grey tyrant, Muscipipra vetula

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|175px || Fluvicola ||

  • Pied water tyrant, Fluvicola pica
  • Black-backed water tyrant, Fluvicola albiventer
  • Masked water tyrant, Fluvicola nengeta

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|175px || Arundinicola ||

  • White-headed marsh tyrant, Arundinicola leucocephala

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|175px || Heteroxolmis ||

  • Black-and-white monjita, Heteroxolmis dominicana

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|175px || Alectrurus ||

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

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|175px || Silvicultrix ||

  • Crowned chat-tyrant, Silvicultrix frontalis
  • Kalinowski's chat-tyrant, Silvicultrix spodionota
  • Golden-browed chat-tyrant, Silvicultrix pulchella
  • Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant, Silvicultrix diadema
  • Jelski's chat-tyrant, Silvicultrix jelskii

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|175px || Ochthoeca ||

  • Tumbes tyrant, Ochthoeca salvini
  • Slaty-backed chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
  • Blackish chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca nigrita
  • Maroon-belted chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca thoracica
  • Rufous-breasted chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
  • Brown-backed chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca fumicolor
  • Rufous-browed chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca superciliosa
  • D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca oenanthoides
  • White-browed chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca leucophrys
  • Piura chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca piurae

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|175px || Colorhamphus ||

  • Patagonian tyrant, Colorhamphus parvirostris

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|175px || Colonia ||

  • Long-tailed tyrant, Colonia colonus

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|175px || Muscigralla ||

  • Short-tailed field tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda

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|175px || Machetornis ||

  • Cattle tyrant, Machetornis rixosa

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|175px || Legatus ||

  • Piratic flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius

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|175px || Phelpsia ||

  • White-bearded flycatcher, Phelpsia inornata

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|175px || Myiozetetes ||

  • Rusty-margined flycatcher, Myiozetetes cayanensis
  • Social flycatcher, Myiozetetes similis
  • Grey-capped flycatcher, Myiozetetes granadensis
  • Dusky-chested flycatcher, Myiozetetes luteiventris

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|175px || Pitangus ||

  • Great kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus

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|175px || Philohydor ||

  • Lesser kiskadee, Philohydor lictor
  • P. l. panamensis (<small>Bangs & Penard, TE, 1918</small>)
  • P. l. lictor (<small>Lichtenstein, MHK, 1823</small>)

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|175px || Conopias ||

  • White-ringed flycatcher, Conopias albovittatus
  • Three-striped flycatcher, Conopias trivirgatus
  • Yellow-throated flycatcher, Conopias parvus
  • Lemon-browed flycatcher, Conopias cinchoneti

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|175px || Myiodynastes ||

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

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|175px || Megarynchus ||

  • Boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua

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|175px || Tyrannopsis ||

  • Sulphury flycatcher, Tyrannopsis sulphurea

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|175px || Empidonomus ||

  • Variegated flycatcher, Empidonomus varius
  • Crowned slaty flycatcher, Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus

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|175px || Tyrannus ||

  • Snowy-throated kingbird, Tyrannus niveigularis
  • White-throated kingbird, Tyrannus albogularis
  • Tropical kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus
  • Couch's kingbird, Tyrannus couchii
  • Cassin's kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans
  • Thick-billed kingbird, Tyrannus crassirostris
  • Western kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis
  • Scissor-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus forficatus
  • Fork-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus savana
  • Eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus
  • Gray kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
  • Giant kingbird, Tyrannus cubensis
  • Loggerhead kingbird, Tyrannus caudifasciatus

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|175px || Rhytipterna ||

  • Pale-bellied mourner, Rhytipterna immunda
  • Greyish mourner, Rhytipterna simplex
  • Rufous mourner, Rhytipterna holerythra

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|175px || Sirystes ||

  • Sibilant sirystes, Sirystes sibilator
  • Western sirystes, Sirystes albogriseus
  • White-rumped sirystes, Sirystes albocinereus
  • Todd's sirystes, Sirystes subcanescens

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|175px || Casiornis ||

  • Rufous casiornis, Casiornis rufus
  • Ash-throated casiornis, Casiornis fuscus

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|175px || Myiarchus ||

  • Rufous flycatcher, Myiarchus semirufus
  • Yucatan flycatcher, Myiarchus yucatanensis
  • Sad flycatcher, Myiarchus barbirostris
  • Dusky-capped flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer
  • Swainson's flycatcher, Myiarchus swainsoni
  • Venezuelan flycatcher, Myiarchus venezuelensis
  • Panama flycatcher, Myiarchus panamensis
  • Short-crested flycatcher, Myiarchus ferox
  • Pale-edged flycatcher, Myiarchus cephalotes<!-- BullBOC123:7 -->
  • Sooty-crowned flycatcher, Myiarchus phaeocephalus
  • Apical flycatcher, Myiarchus apicalis
  • Ash-throated flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens
  • Nutting's flycatcher, Myiarchus nuttingi
  • Great crested flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus
  • Brown-crested flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus
  • Grenada flycatcher, Myiarchus nugator
  • Galapagos flycatcher, Myiarchus magnirostris
  • Rufous-tailed flycatcher, Myiarchus validus
  • La Sagra's flycatcher, Myiarchus sagrae
  • Stolid flycatcher, Myiarchus stolidus
  • Lesser Antillean flycatcher, Myiarchus oberi
  • Puerto Rican flycatcher, Myiarchus antillarum

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|175px || Ramphotrigon ||

  • Large-headed flatbill, Ramphotrigon megacephalum
  • Flammulated flycatcher, Ramphotrigon flammulatum
  • Dusky-tailed flatbill, Ramphotrigon fuscicauda
  • Rufous-tailed flatbill, Ramphotrigon ruficauda

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|175px || Attila ||

  • Rufous-tailed attila, Attila phoenicurus
  • Cinnamon attila, Attila cinnamomeus
  • Ochraceous attila, Attila torridus
  • Citron-bellied attila, Attila citriniventris
  • White-eyed attila, Attila bolivianus
  • Grey-hooded attila, Attila rufus
  • Bright-rumped attila, Attila spadiceus

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See also

  • List of tyrant flycatcher species

References

Further reading

  • Tyrant flycatcher videos, photos and sounds – Internet Bird Collection