Birds of the World

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


Mouse-grey Flycatcher
Mouse-grey Flycatcher (Myiophobus crypterythrus)
Range: SA: sw Colombia, w Ecuador and nw Peru
Mindo, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Olive-chested Flycatcher
Olive-chested Flycatcher (Myiophobus cryptoxanthus)
Range: SA: e Ecuador, ne Peru
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Bran-colored Flycatcher
Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus fasciatus) Immature
Range: MA, SA: sw Costa Rica to ne Argentina and Uruguay
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)
Range: SA: Venezuela to Peru
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)
Range: SA: se Peru to n Bolivia
   



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


Roraiman Flycatcher
Roraiman Flycatcher (Myiophobus roraimae roraimae)
Range: SA: tepuis, Colombia to Bolivia
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)
Range: SA: w Peru and n Chile
Lurin River, Peru  
   
Photograph by David D. Beadle   © All Rights Reserved.

Rufescent Flycatcher
Rufescent Flycatcher (Myiophobus rufescens)
Range: SA: w Peru and n Chile
Lurin River, Peru  
   
Photograph by David D. Beadle   © All Rights Reserved.



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