Birds of Guyana

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Knipolegus (2 species, 12 worldwide)


Amazonian Black Tyrant
Amazonian Black Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilocercus) Male
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Amazonian Black Tyrant
Amazonian Black Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilocercus) Female
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Stays one to two meters above the forest floor.

Rufous-tailed Tyrant
Rufous-tailed Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilurus poecilurus)
Reserva Natural las Palmeras, Cubarral, Meta, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Local. Note red eye uncommon among Tyrannidae.
Wings lifted.


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