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
Pygmy-Tyrant, Tody-Flycatcher, Tody-Tyrant
Genus Atalotriccus - 1 species
Tyrant,_Pale-eyed_Pygmy- Atalotriccus pilaris Found: mainly Panama, Columbia, Venezuela; also Brazil, Guyana
Image by: 1, 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Jorge_Munoz_García, Jay_McGowan 3)
Nick Athanas - Columbia


Genus Euscarthmus
Tyrant,_Rufous-sided_Pygmy- Euscarthmus rufomarginatus Found: mainly Brazil; also Bolivia, Paraguay
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Nick Athanas - Brazil 2)
Joao_Quental

Tyrant,_Tawny-crowned_Pygmy- Euscarthmus meloryphus Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Dario_Sanches - Brazil 3)
Amy_McAndrews - Peru


Genus Hemitriccus
The Pygmy-tyrants and Tody-tyrants.
Tyrant,_Brown-breasted_Pygmy- Hemitriccus obsoletus Found: Argentina, Brazil
Image by: 1)
Francesco_Veronesi - Brazil 2)
Claudio_Timm

Tyrant,_Drab-breasted_Pygmy- Found: mainly southeast Brazil; also Argentian, Paraguay
Image by: 1) qq - Brazil 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Cal Martins, Joao_Quental

Tyrant,_Flammulated_Pygmy- Hemitriccus flammulatus Found: Bolivia, Peru
Image by: 1)
Joao_Quental
Tyrant,_Acre_Tody- Hemitriccus cohnhafti Found:southwest Brazil
Image by: 1)
Joao_Quental Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao_Quental, Andrew_Whittaker

Tyrant,_Black-throated_Tody- Hemitriccus granadensis Found: Venezuela to Bolivia
Image by: 1)
Ana_Agreda 2, 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador


Tyrant,_Boat-billed_Tody- Hemitriccus josephinae Found: northwest Brazil, the Guianas
Image by: 1, 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Kurazo_Okada

Tyrant,_Buff-breasted_Tody- Hemitriccus mirandae Found: eastern Brazil
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas 2)
Antonio_Pessoa

Tyrant,_Buff-throated_Tody- Hemitriccus rufigularis Found: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador
Tyrant,_Cinnamon-breasted_Tody- Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus Found: southern Ecuador, northern Peru
Image by:
1, 2
) Ana_Agreda

Tyrant,_Eye-ringed_Tody- Hemitriccus orbitatus Found: Brazil
Image by: 1)
Hector_Bottai 2)
Dario_Sanches

Tyrant,_Fork-tailed_Tody- Hemitriccus furcatus Found: Brazil
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 2)
Dario_Sanches

Tyrant,_Hangnest_Tody- Hemitriccus nidipendulus Found: Brazil
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 2)
Dario_Sanches 3)
Savio Bruno


Tyrant,_Johannes's_Tody- Hemitriccus iohannis Found: mainly Bolivia, western Brazil, Peru; also southern Ecuador
Image by: 1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao_Quental
Tyrant,_Kaempfer's_Tody- Hemitriccus kaempferi Found: southeastern Brazil
Image by: 1)
Claudio_Timm 2)
Nick Athanas - Brazil

Tyrant,_Pearly-vented_Tody- Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer Found:
South America
Image by: 1)
Dario Niz - Uruguay 2)
Ron Knight - Columbia 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil


Tyrant,_Pelzzeln's_Tody- Hemitriccus inornatus Found: northern Brazil
Image by: 1)
Anselmo_d’Affonseca
Tyrant,_Stripe-necked_Tody- Hemitriccus striaticollis Found: mainly Brazil; also Bolivia, Columbia, Peru
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Brazil
2, 3) Claudio_Timm


Tyrant,_White-bellied_Tody- Hemitriccus griseipectus Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
Image by: 1)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2)
Nick Athanas - Brazil

Tyrant,_White-eyeed_Tody- Hemitriccus zosterops Found: north of Amazon River
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Columbia 2)
Hector Bottai

Tyrant,_Zimmer's_Tody- Hemitriccus minimus Found: mainly Brazil; also Bolivia, Peru
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Brazil
Genus Lophotriccus
Tyrant,_Double-banded_Pygmy- Lophotriccus vitiosus Found: Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Columbia 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Kurazo_Okada in Brazil

Tyrant,_Helmented_Pygmy- Lophotriccus galeatus Found: Brazil, Columbia, the Guinanas, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Feroze_Omardeen - Guyana 2)
Claudio_Timm - Brazil

Tyrant,_Long-crested_Pygmy- Lophotriccus eulophotes Found: mainly eastern Brazil; also Bolivia, Peru
Image by: 1)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joe_Tobias

Tyrant,_Scale-crested_Pygmy- Lophotriccus pileatus Found: Hondoras to Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Chris_Jimenez 3)
Tony_Castro - Ecuador


Genus Myiornis
Tyrant,_Black-capped_Pygmy- Myiornis atricapillus Found: Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador
Image by: 1, 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 3)
Aaron_Maizlish - Panama


Tyrant,_Eared Pygmy- Myiornis auricularis Found:
South America
Image by: 1)
Claudio Timm 2)
Dario Sanches - Brazil 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil


Tyrant,_Short-tailed_Pygmy- Myiornis ecaudatus Found: northern South America
Image by: 1)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2)
Claudio_Timm 3)_
Nick Athanas - Brazil 4)
Feroze_Omardeen



Tyrant,_White-bellied_Pygmy- Myiornis albiventris Found: Bolivia, Peru
Image by: 1, 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Christophe_Gouraud on Peru 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador


Genus Poecilotriccus
Flycatcher,_Black-and-white_Tody- Poecilotriccus capitalis Found: Brazil, Columbia, Ecudor, Peru
Image by: 1)
Arthur Grosset Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Arthur_Grosset 2,
3) Nick Athanas - Ecuador
1) Female 2, 3) Male


Flycatcher,_Black-backed_Tody- Poecilotriccus
pulchellus Found:
Peru
Image by: 1)
Joaquin Ugarte Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Gary_Rosenberg, Joaquín_Ugarte 2)
Kristian Svensson

Flycatcher,_Buff-cheeked_Tody- Poecilotriccus senex Found: Brazil
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Bruno_Rennó Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Bruno_Renno
Flycatcher,_Golden-winged_Tody- Poecilotriccus calopterus Found: mainly Columbia, Ecuador; also northeastern Peru
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Derek_Kverno

Flycatcher,_Johnson's_Tody- also
Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus luluae Found: Peru
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Peru 2, 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Glenn_Bartley, Ian_Davies


Flycatcher, Ochre-faced Tody- Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps Found:
South America
Image by:
1, 4) Claudio Timm - Brazil
2, 3) Dario
Sanches - Brazil



Flycatcher,_Ruddy_Tody- Poecilotriccus russatus Found: southern Venezuela and adjacent Brazil, Guyana
Image by: 1)
Joseph_Smit 2)
Jacomelli

Flycatcher,_Rufous-crowned_Tody- Poecilotriccus ruficeps Found: mainly Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela; also Peru
Image by: 1)
Alejandro_Tamayo 2, 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 4)
Ana_Agreda - Ecuador



Flycatcher,_Rusty-fronted_Tody- Poecilotriccus latirostris Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 2)
Hector Bottai

Flycatcher,_Slate-headed_Tody- Poecilotriccus sylvia Found: Mexico, Central America, Columbia, the Guianas, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Panama 2)
Ron_Knight

Flycatcher,_Smoky-fronted_Tody- Poecilotriccus fumifrons Found: Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname
Image by: 1, 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ciro_Albano, Rodrigo_Ferronato

Flycatcher,_White-cheeked_Tody- Poecilotriccus albifacies Found: Peru
Image by: 1)
hbw.com 1, 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dubi_Shapiro

Genus Pseudotriccus
Tyrant,_Bronze-olive_Pygmy- Pseudotriccus pelzelni Found: Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Steve_Blain 2)
Nick_Athanas 3)
Tony_Castro - Ecuador


Tyrant,_Hazel-fronted_Pygmy- Pseudotriccus simplex Found: Bolivia, Peru
Image by: 1, 2)
Joe_Tobias Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joe_Tobias

Tyrant,_Rufous-headed_Pygmy- Pseudotriccus ruficeps Found: Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Francisco_Enríquez - Ecuador 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Andres_Cuervo

Genus Taeniotriccus - 1 species
Tyrant,_Black-chested Taeniotriccus andrei Found: Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Hector_Bottai 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Silvia_Faustino_Linhares in Brazil

Genus Todirostrum
Todirostrum are small insectivorous flycatchers with bills that are notably long and relatively broad and flattened (recalling a tody,
Flycatcher,_Black-headed_Tody- Todirostrum nigriceps Found: mainly Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador; also Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas - Panama 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Bryan_Hix

Flycatcher,_Common_Tody- Todirostrum cinereum Found:
South America
Image by:
1, 2, 4) Dario Sanches - Brazil 3)
Brian_Ralphs - Brazil 5)
Barloventomagico - Venezuela 6)
Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica 7)
Nick Athanas - Columbia






Flycatcher,_Gray-headed_Tody- also
Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum poliocephalum Found: southeastern Brazil
Image by: 1)
Dario_Sanches 2)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 3)
Ana_Carla_Azevedo


Flycatcher,_Maracaibo_Tody- Todirostrum viridanum Found: near Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela
Image by: 1, 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Adriana_Rodríguez-Ferraro, Lermith_Torres

Flycatcher,_Painted_Tody- Todirostrum pictum Found: Brazil, the Guyanas, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Nick_Athanas - Suriname 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Kester_Clarke in Guyana

Flycatcher,_Spotted_Tody- Todirostrum maculatum Found: Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, the Guinanas, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Jacek_Kisielewski 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador
3, 5) Jerry Oldenettel - Venezuela 4)
Claudio Timm




Flycatcher,_Yellow-browed_Tody- Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Amy_McAndrews - Brazil 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador
