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Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
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About the Dusky-capped Flycatcher
The dusky-capped flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in the United States, Mexico, every Central American country, Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Family
- Tyrant Flycatchers
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the tyrant flycatchers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Belted Flycatcher Xenotriccus callizonus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
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