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
Doradito, Elaenia, Tachuri
Genus Elaenia
Elaenia flycatchers have typically brownish, grayish or olive upperparts; off-white and/or pale yellow underparts; white or pale yellowish eye-ring; two or three wing bars. Some species show a crest; often with a semi-concealed white patch/streak.
Elaenia,_Brownish Elaenia pelzelni Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
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1
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Anselmo_d'Affonseca in Brazil 2)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil

Elaenia, Caribbean Elaenia martinica Found: Central America and Caribbean
Image by:
1, 2, 3) New Jersy Birds


Elaenia,_Great Elaenia dayi Found: mainly Venezuela; also Guyana
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1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Thiago_Laranjeiras, Jose_Almir_Jacomelli

Elaenia,_Greater_Antillean Elaenia fallax Found: Dominican, Haiti, Jamaica
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1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dax_Roman 2)
Dominic_Sherony 3)
Ron_Knight


Elaenia,_Highland Elaenia obscura Found: Ecuador to Agentina; disjoint population Brazil, Paraguay
Image by: 1)
Claudio Timm 2, 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil, Argentina


Elaenia,_Large Elaenia spectabilis Found: Brazil and surrounding countries
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1)
Claudio_Timm 2)
Carlos de Almeida


Elaenia,_Lesser Elaenia chiriquensis Found: Central and South Amercia
Image by: 1)
Dominic Sherony - Panama
2. 3) Charles_Sharp - Panama


Elaenia, Mottle-backed Elaenia gigas Found: South America
ImageImage by: by:
1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Ecuador


Elaenia, Mountain Elaenia frantzii Found: Cental and South America
Image by:
1, 3) Dave Curtis - Columbia
2) Dick Daniels - Boquette, Panama 4)
Felix_Uribe - Columbia



Elaenia,_Noronha Elaenia ridleyana Found: island of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil)
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1)
Marco_Cruz
Elaenia,_Olivaceous Elaenia mesoleuca Found: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Image by:
1, 2) Cláudio Timm 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil


Elaenia,_Plain-crested Elaenia cristata Found:Brazil, Colombia, Guianas, Peru, Venezuela.
Image by:
1)
Nick Athanas - Venezuela
2, 3) Claudio_Timm


Elaenia,_Rufous-crowned Elaenia ruficeps Found: Brazil, Columbia, the Guianas, Venezuela
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1)
Barloventomagico 2)
Nick_Athanas - Suriname

Elaenia,_Sierran Elaenia pallatangae Found: Columbia to Bolivia; also Guyana, Venezuela
Image by:
1)
Francesco_Veronesi 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Carlos_Calle in Peru

Elaenia,_Slaty Elaenia strepera Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
Image by:
1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Diego Oscar in Argentian 2)
Nick Athanas - Argentina

Elaenia,_Small-billed Elaenia parvirostris Found: South America
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Carlos_Henrique - Brazil 2)
Nick Athanas - Argentina 3)
Cláudio
Timm - Brazil 4)
Barloventomagico - Venezuela



Elaenia,_White-crested Elaenia albiceps Found: South America
Image by: 1)
Jorge Cardena - Chile 2) Charlie Westerinen - Tierra del Fuego 3, 4)
Nick Athanas - Argentina
, Ecuador



Elaenia,_Yellow-bellied Elaenia flavogaster Found:
Central and South America
Image by:
1, 2)
Dario Sanches 3, 4)
Nick Athanas - Mexico, Panama



Genus Myiopagis
Myiopagis are small tyrant flycathers with a relatively small bill and relatively long tail. Most species have wing bars and a concealed white or yellow patch in the center of crown.
Elaenia,_Foothill Myiopagis olallai Found: Ecuador, Peru
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1)
Andres_Cuervo
Elaenia, Gray Myiopagis caniceps Found: South America
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Jorge Montejo - Brazil
2) Charlie Westerinen - Argentina 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil


Elaenia,_Greenish Myiopagis viridicata Found: Mexico to southern Argentina and Brazil
Image by:
1)
Jorge_Montejo - Mexico 2)
Alastair_Rae 3)
Hector_Bottai - Brazil 4)
Jerry_Oldenettel - Mexico 5)
Ron_Knight




Elaenia, Jamaican Myiopagis cotta Found: Jamaica
Image by: 1)
Dominic Sherony 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dave_Irving

Elaenia,_Pacific Myiopagis subplacens Found: western Ecuador, northwest Peru
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1)
David_Cook - Peru 2)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador

Elaenia,_Yellow-crowned Myiopagis flavivertex Found: northern Amazonia and the Guianas
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1, 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Sam_Woods in Ecuador, Kurazo_Okada in Brazil

Genus Polystictus
Tachuri,_Bearded Polystictus pectoralis Found: South America
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Nick Athanas - Guyana
2, 3) Cláudio Timm - Argentina
1, 2, 3) Female


Tachuri,_Gray-backed Polystictus superciliaris Found: eastern Brazil
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1)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 2)
Claudio_Timm - Brazil 3)
Carlos_Henrique


Genus Pseudocolopteryx
These South American species are mainly found in marshy habitats.
Doradito,_Crested Pseudocolopteryx sclateri Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela
Image by:
1, 2) Claudio_Timm

Doradito,_Dinelli's Pseudocolopteryx dinelliana Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay
Image by:
1)
Hector_Bottai -
Argentina 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Graham Ekins 3)
Claudio_Timm


Doradito,_Subtropical Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru
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1)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Nino_Grangetto

Doradito,_Ticking Pseudocolopteryx citreola Found: Argentina, Chile
Image by:
1. 2)
Diego_Arellano Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Jose_Canas, Fabrice_Schmitt

Doradito,_Warbling Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris Found: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay southern Brazil.
Image by:
1, 2) Dominic Sherony
