Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)
DF, Brazil.
The species is known locally as "maria-cavaleira-de-rabo-enferrujado".
The genus Myiarchus has 22 species of birds in the family Tyrannidae. Most of them are very similar looking and are dificult to identify when their ranges overlap. In this case it's much easier to separate by voice than plumage.
Birds in the genus are fairly large compared to others tyrant-flycatchers, at 16–23 cm (6.3–9 in) long. They are essentially partially crested with a brown to gray back and head, a rufous to blackish tail and yellow to pale belly.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Tyranni
Family: Tyrannidae
Subfamily: Tyranninae
Genus: Myiarchus Cabanis, 1844
Species: M. ferox (Gmelin, 1789)
Binomial name: Myiarchus ferox
Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)
DF, Brazil.
The species is known locally as "maria-cavaleira-de-rabo-enferrujado".
The genus Myiarchus has 22 species of birds in the family Tyrannidae. Most of them are very similar looking and are dificult to identify when their ranges overlap. In this case it's much easier to separate by voice than plumage.
Birds in the genus are fairly large compared to others tyrant-flycatchers, at 16–23 cm (6.3–9 in) long. They are essentially partially crested with a brown to gray back and head, a rufous to blackish tail and yellow to pale belly.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Tyranni
Family: Tyrannidae
Subfamily: Tyranninae
Genus: Myiarchus Cabanis, 1844
Species: M. ferox (Gmelin, 1789)
Binomial name: Myiarchus ferox