Tyrant Flycatchers Family Tyrannidae Taxonomy Order Passeriformes Suboscines
Tyrant Flycatchers: Family Tyrannidae
Taxonomy Order Passeriformes Suboscines › Ancestral passerine group › Simple, innate songs Most diverse bird family in the world! › 414 species
Taxonomy New World Suboscines Formicariidae Furnariidae Pipridae Tityridae Cotingidae Conopophagidae Thamnophilidae Rhinocryptidae
Taxonomy Old World Suboscines Eurylaimidae Philepittidae Pittidae
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Distribution Greatest diversity in the tropics Many species migratory
Adaptations Some will eat fruit, small vertebrates and even fish, but mainly adapted for insectivory Most are aerial insectivores Some groups (e. g. tyrannulets) are foliage gleaners
Adaptations Flat, wide bills with prominent rictal bristles
Nesting Small clutch (usu. 2) in the tropics; large clutch in temperate zone Nest varies from simple cup to cavity
Flycatchers in Arizona 22 regular species › Includes 20 regular breeders and 2 migrants 14 regular in Coconino County
Distinctive flycatchers Vermilion Flycatcher Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Indistinct Flycatcher Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Contopus Overall drab, crested, vested, indistinct wingbars Greater Pewee Western Wood-Pewee Olive-sided Flycatcher
Empidonax Overall small, greenish above, yellowish below, eye-ring, distinct wing-bars Hammond’s Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher
Empidonax Overall small, greenish above, yellowish below, eye-ring, distinct wing-bars Willow Flycatcher Cordilleran/Pacific-slope Flycatcher Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Sayornis Medium-sized, open areas, wag tails Black Phoebe Say’s Phoebe
Myiarchus Large, crested, yellow-bellied, gray-breasted, long-billed, reddish wings and tail Ash-throated Flycatcher Dusky-capped Flycatcher Brown-crested Flycatcher
Tyrannus Large, long-billed, yellow-bellied Thick-billed Kingbird Tropical Kingbird Western Kingbird Cassin’s Kingbird
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Eurylaimidae Broadbills
Old World Tropics
Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
Grauer's Broadbill Pseudocalyptomena graueri
Whiteheads Broadbill Calyptomena Whitehedi
Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus
Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
Wattled Broadbill Eurylaimus steerii
Silver-breasted Broadbill Serilophus lunatus
Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis
Visayan Broadbill Eurylaimus samarensis
Hose’s Broadbill Calyptomena hosii
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