Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Myiophobus (8 species, 8 worldwide)


Mouse-grey Flycatcher
Mouse-grey Flycatcher (Myiophobus crypterythrus)
Mindo, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Olive-chested Flycatcher
Olive-chested Flycatcher (Myiophobus cryptoxanthus)
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Bran-colored Flycatcher
Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus fasciatus) Immature
Medellin, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in open areas and brush outside of the forest. In 2023 the Mouse-grey Flycatcher (Choco region) and Rufescent Flycatcher (west Peru) were split from this species.

Flavescent Flycatcher
Flavescent Flycatcher (Myiophobus flavicans flavicans)
RN La Planada, NariƱo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at mid altitude levels in the Andes.

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Unadorned Flycatcher (Myiophobus inornatus)
   



Orange-crested Flycatcher
Orange-crested Flycatcher (Myiophobus phoenicomitra)
Puerto Minero, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Roraiman Flycatcher
Roraiman Flycatcher (Myiophobus roraimae roraimae)
Mount Ayanganna, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana  
   
Photograph by Jacob_R_Saucier   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in the tepuis around Guyana, but also found in isolated patches in the Andes.

Rufescent Flycatcher
Rufescent Flycatcher (Myiophobus rufescens)
Lurin River, Peru  
   
Photograph by David D. Beadle   © All Rights Reserved.

Rufescent Flycatcher
Rufescent Flycatcher (Myiophobus rufescens)
Lurin River, Peru  
   
Photograph by David D. Beadle   © All Rights Reserved.



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