Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Pyrocephalus (3 species, 3 worldwide)


Darwin's Flycatcher
Darwin's Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus nanus) Male Near Threatened ENDEMIC
Volcan Sierra Negra, Galapagos, Ecuador, Isla Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Darwin's Flycatcher
Darwin's Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus nanus) Female Near Threatened ENDEMIC
Volcan Sierra Negra, Isla Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

A smaller version of the widespread Vermilion Flycatcher.

Vermilion Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus obscurus saturatus) Male
Puerto Boyacá, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Vermilion Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus obscurus) Female
Medellin, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to austral migrant Scarlet Flycatcher.
Female starting a nest.

Scarlet Flycatcher
Scarlet Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) Male
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Austral migrant to north and west Amazon. Virtually identical to mostly non-migratory Vermilion Flycatcher.


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