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Flammulated Flycatcher

Ramphotrigon flammulatum

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About the Flammulated Flycatcher

The flammulated flycatcher (Ramphotrigon flammulatum) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Deltarhynchus but was moved to the genus Ramphotrigon based on genetic analysis. It is endemic to the dry deciduous forest, arid thorn forest, and scrubby woodland of Mexico’s Pacific coast. The flycatcher is an olive to gray-brown bird with a streaked, pale gray chest, white throat, black bill, dark gray feet, and dark brown wings. It is a skulking bird that typically remains hidden in the underbrush. It feeds by gleaning insects off of leaves and twigs that it spots from an exposed perch. The female lays approximately three eggs in a nest made in a shallow tree cavity.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name
Ramphotrigon flammulatum
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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