Myiarchus | |
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Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Myiarchus Cabanis, 1844 |
Species | |
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Myiarchus is a genus of tyrant flycatchers. They are all fairly similar looking and areas where they overlap in range can making identification to species difficult at best.
Myiarchus flycatchers are fairly large tyrant-flycatchers at 16-23 cm (6.3-9 in) long. They are all partially crested with a brown to gray back and head, a rufous to blackish tail and yellow to pale underparts. They typically forage by perching on an open branch and looking outward and downward for prey, which primarily consists of insects. Once it spots a potential meal, the flycatcher rapidly and directly flies at the insect, which is normally on the exposed upper surface of a leaf or twig.[1] It hovers briefly before the insect before grabbing it in its beak and flying away to typically a new perch.[1]
- Rufous Flycatcher, Myiarchus semirufus
- Swainson's Flycatcher, Myiarchus swainsoni
- Sad Flycatcher, Myiarchus barbirostris
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Pale-edged Flycatcher, Myiarchus cephalotes
- Sooty-crowned Flycatcher, Myiarchus phaeocephalus
- Panamanian Flycatcher, Myiarchus panamensis
- Venezuelan Flycatcher, Myiarchus venezuelensis
- Short-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus ferox
- Apical Flycatcher, Myiarchus apicalis
- Rufous-tailed Flycatcher, Myiarchus validus
- Nutting's Flycatcher, Myiarchus nuttingi
- La Sagra's Flycatcher, Myiarchus sagrae
- Stolid Flycatcher, Myiarchus stolidus
- Puerto Rican Flycatcher, Myiarchus antillarum
- Lesser Antillean Flycatcher, Myiarchus oberi
- Yucatan Flycatcher, Myiarchus yucatanensis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens
- Great Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Grenada Flycatcher, Myiarchus nugator
- Galapagos Flycatcher, Myiarchus magnirostris
References[]
- ^ a b Lanyon, Wesley (July 1982). "Behavior, Morphology, and Systematics of the Flammulated Flycatcher of Mexico" (PDF). Auk. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 99 (3): 414–423. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
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