Myiarchus
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 Great Crested Flycatcher
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Myiarchus is a genus of similar-looking tyrant flycatchers.
Myiarchus flycatchers typically forage by perching on an open branch and looking outward and downward for prey, which primarily consists of insects. Once it spots a potential meal, the flycatcher rapidly and directly flies at the insect, which is normally on the exposed upper surface of a leaf or twig.[1] It hovers briefly before the insect before grabbing it in its beak and flying away to typically a new perch.[1]
- Rufous Flycatcher, Myiarchus semirufus
- Yucatan Flycatcher, Myiarchus yucatanensis
- Sad Flycatcher, Myiarchus barbirostris
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Swainson's Flycatcher, Myiarchus swainsoni
- Venezuelan Flycatcher, Myiarchus venezuelensis
- Panama Flycatcher, Myiarchus panamensis
- Short-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus ferox
- Pale-edged Flycatcher, Myiarchus cephalotes
- Sooty-crowned Flycatcher, Myiarchus phaeocephalus
- Apical Flycatcher, Myiarchus apicalis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens
- Nutting's Flycatcher, Myiarchus nuttingi
- Great Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Grenada Flycatcher, Myiarchus nugator
- Galapagos Flycatcher, Myiarchus magnirostris
- Rufous-tailed Flycatcher, Myiarchus validus
- La Sagra's Flycatcher, Myiarchus sagrae
- Stolid Flycatcher, Myiarchus stolidus
- Lesser Antillean Flycatcher, Myiarchus oberi
- Puerto Rican Flycatcher, Myiarchus antillarum
[edit] References
- ^ a b Lanyon, Wesley (July 1982). "Behavior, Morphology, and Systematics of the Flammulated Flycatcher of Mexico". Auk 99 (3): 414-423. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
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