Birds of Peru

○   ←   PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)   →
Genus: Pyrocephalus (2 species, 3 worldwide)


Vermilion Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus obscurus obscurus) Male
Lima, Peru
  50% of the obscurus subspecies, only found around Lima, Peru, are brown (HBW). The other 50% have normal colors, but maybe with a touch of yellow. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

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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