Birds of Panama

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Myiarchus (3 species, 22 worldwide)


Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Lake Marian, Florida,  
   
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Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Utica, Colombia  
   
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Northern migrant. A tiny bit larger than other myiarchus flycatchers, with a usually lowered brown crest that contrasts the grey face.

Panama Flycatcher
Panama Flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis panamensis)
ProAves Blue-billed Curassow Reserve, Puerto Pinzon, Boyaca, Colombia  
   
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More greyish overall than other myiarchus. Seen more at forest edges and degraded forest than the forest-based Dusky-capped Flycatcher.


Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
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Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
Cocorná, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
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Dusky cap darker than others in genus. Widespread and sometimes common, in lowlands up to midranges (1500m) in the Andes. Note distinctive 'wheeew' call, and usually found inside the forest or at the edge.
Individual with a slightly less dusky cap.


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