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List of Birds of Mexico Part 6 From Stoppers to Tyrannos
Due to the large number of bird species and photographs, I have split the entire list into several parts:
Part 1 Introduction and travel itinerary is presented here.
Part 2 From Tinamu to Snake Neck is presented here.
Part 3 From American Vultures to Gulls is presented here.
Part 4 From Doves to Hummingbirds is presented here.
Part 5 From Trogons to Parrots is presented here.
Part 7 From Manakins to Mockingbirds is presented here.
Part 8 From Thrushes to Arbirds is presented here.
Part 9 From Corpses to Cardinals is presented here.
This part presents Sparrow birds
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Rufous-breasted Spinetail, Synallaxis erythrothorax)
Synonym: Red-breasted needle-tailed stove-maker.
Seen in Palenque (Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Chiapas) on 23 February. Without photo.
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150 (889) Tawny-winged Woodcreeper, Dendrocincla anabatina typhla)
Synonym: Chestnut-winged woodpecker dart frog.
On February 21, we met in a community of birds feeding near a column of leaf-cutter ants, 5 km east of the city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo.
151 (890) Ruddy Woodcreeper, Dendrocincla homochroa)
Synonym: Reddish woodpecker, Reddish woodpecker.
On February 21, we met in a community of birds feeding near a column of leaf-cutter ants, 5 km east of the city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo. I was able to take only one inferior shot.
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152 (891) Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Sittasomus griseicapillus sylvioides)
Synonym: Nuthatch tree frog.
On February 22nd we met in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
Photographed in Yaxchilan (Chiapas) on February 24.
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Chisel-billed Woodcreeper, Glyphorynchus spirurus)
Seen in Palenque (Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Chiapas) on 23 February.
My photos have not survived.
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153 (892) Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus emigrans)
Synonym: Thick-billed sword-nosed poison dart frog.
On February 25, we saw dart frogs in the Montebello pine forest (Lagunas de Montebello National Park, Chiapas).
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154 (893) Northern Barred Woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae)
Synonyms: Northern striped poison dart frog, Dendrocolaptes certhia sanctithomae.
On February 21, we met in a community of birds feeding near a column of leaf-cutting ants near the town of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo.
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155 (894) Ivory-billed Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)
Synonym: Laughing sword-billed poison dart frog.
AND Xiphorhynchus flavigaster eburneirostris
On March 3, we met at Huatulco National Park (Oaxac).
B Xiphorhynchus flavigaster yucatanensis
On February 21, we met in a community of birds feeding near a column of leaf-cutter ants, 5 km east of the city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo. Without photo.
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Rusty Woodcreeper (Spotted Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)
Synonym: Spotted sword-billed poison dart frog.
On March 7, we met in the town of La Cumbre at an altitude of 3000 m (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca). Without photo.
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156 Streak-headed Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes souleyetii guerrerensis)
Synonym: Variegated Scaly Dart frog.
On March 7, photographed in La Cumbre (La Cumbre Ixtepeji, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca). Photo by Sergei Volkov.
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157 (895) Spot-crowned Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes affinis affinis)
Synonym: Spotted scaly dart frog.
On February 27, we were met on the mountain near the San Cristobal airport (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas). Pine forest with oaks, height 2430 m.
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Black-striped batara (Barred Antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus)
Synonym: Striped shrike anttrap.
Sighted near Calotmul (Yucatan) on 20 February. I did not see.
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Mayan Antthrush, Formicarius moniliger)
Tuxtepec. I did not see.
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Green Elenia (Greenish Elaenia, Myiopagis viridicata)
Synonym: Green comb tyrant.
18 February in a forest south of Cancun (Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo). Without photo.
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Golden-bellied mosquito (Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet, Ornithion semiflavum)
Synonym: Yellow-bellied tyrant dwarf.
Calakmul. I did not see.
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158 (896) Ocher-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus assimilis)
Synonym: Yellow-bellied piper tyrant.
On February 24, one bird at the pier in Yaxchilan (Chiapas).
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Gray-breasted hookbeak (Northern Bentbill, Oncostoma cinereigulare)
Synonym: Northern hook-billed fly eater.
Tuxtepec. I did not see.
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159 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans nigricans)
Synonym: Black Phoebus.
On March 5, we met by a stream among fields in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca).
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160 (897) Yellow-olive Flatbill, Tolmomyias sulphurescens cinereiceps)
Synonym: White-eyed Olive Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flycatcher.
On February 22, we met at a reservoir with an eagle near Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
On February 23, we were greeted at the entrance to Palenque (Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Chiapas).
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Brown-chested flycatcher (Belted Flycatcher, Xenotriccus callizonus)
Synonym: Brown-breasted fly eater.
On the morning of February 28th, only heard near the Sumidero Canyon (Canon del Sumidero National Park, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas).
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161 (898) Northern Tufted Flycatcher, Mitrephanes phaeocercus phaeocercus)
On February 27, we met on the mountain in the Orquideas Moxviquil OM botanical garden in San Cristobal (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas).
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162 (899) Greater Pewee, Contopus pertinax pertinax)
Sighted in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca) on 5 March. Perhaps on the way to the top of the mountain.
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163 (900) Western Wood-Pewee, Contopus sordidulus)
On February 20, we met one bird on the road 10 km from Calotmul, Yucatan.
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164 (901) Tropical Pewee, Contopus cinereus brachytarsus)
Synonym: Short-legged Pewee.
On February 21, we met on the road 12 km east of the city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo.
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Empidonax flaviventris)
Synonym: Yellow-bellied empidonax.
Seen in Palenque (Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Chiapas) on 23 February.
My photos have not survived.
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Olive Flycatcher (Acadian Flycatcher, Empidonax virescens)
Synonym: Eastern Empidonax.
Sighted at Calakmul Biosphere Reserve on 22 February. Without photo.
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165 (902) Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii)
Synonym: Empidonax Traila, Willow Flycatcher.
On February 20, we met one bird on the road 10 km from Calotmul, Yucatan.
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166 (903) Hammond's Flycatcher, Empidonax hammondii)
Synonym: Spruce empidonax.
Sighted in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca) on 4 March.
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Grayish Flycatcher (American Dusky Flycatcher, Empidonax oberholseri)
Synonym: Shrub empidonax.
Seen in trees near Tenam Puente (Chiapas) on 26 February. Without photo.
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167 (904) American Gray Flycatcher, Empidonax wrightii)
Synonym: Gray Empidonax.
Seen in trees near Tenam Puente (Chiapas) on 26 February.
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168 (905) Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Empidonax difficilis)
Synonym: Western Empidonax
On the morning of February 28, we met in a tree next to the road along the Sumidero Canyon (Canon del Sumidero National Park, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas).
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169 (906) Cordilleran Flycatcher, Empidonax occidentalis)
Synonym: Cordillera Flycatcher.
On March 4, we met several times in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca).
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170 (907) Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens salvini)
On February 27, we met on the mountain in the Orquideas Moxviquil OM botanical garden in San Cristobal (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas).
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171 (908) Vermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus)
Synonyms: Fire fly eater, red tyrant.
We met on March 5 in the mountains of the South Sierra Madre (Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca).
6 March several birds near Monte Alban (Oaxaca).
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172 Little Red-capped Pitanga (Social Flycatcher, Myiozetetes similis texensis)
Synonym: Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher.
Met in Yucatan, photos were taken in Chichen Itza (Yucatan).
On February 21, we met one bird near the apiary on the way to Xpujil, Campeche.
February 26 in Tenam Puente (Chiapas).
Met on the edge of a forest on the Atlantic slope of the Eastern Sierra Madre (Tuxtepec, Oaxaca) on 8 March.
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173 (909) Great Pitanga (Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus derbianus)
On March 1, we met on the outskirts of the village on the shore of the lagoon near Arista (Chiapas).
Sighted in the Sierra Madre del Sur (Oaxaca) mountains on 5 March.
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174 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua mexicanus)
Synonym: Tyrant Boatbeak, Boatbeak.
We met everywhere. The first photos were taken on February 23 near the entrance to Palenque (Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, Chiapas).
Observed in Yaxchilan (Chiapas) on 24 February.
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175 Royal Tyrant (Tropical Kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa)
Synonym: Funeral royal tyrant.
February 18 in Cancun (Cancun, Quintana Roo).
On February 21, we met one bird near the apiary on the way to Xpujil, Campeche.
On 1 March, one bird was seen near Arista (Arista, Chiapas).
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176 (910) Couch's Kingbird, Tyrannus couchii)
Synonym: Texas Royal Tyrant.
On February 20 we met on the road 10 km from Calotmul, Yucatan.
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177 (911) Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans)
Synonym: Royal tyrant Kassin.
On 5 March, one bird near the Presa Piedra Azul reservoir (Oaxaca).
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178 (912) Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris crassirostris)
Synonym: Thick-billed royal tyrant.
On the evening of 2 March, one bird was seen by the river near the Canal Principal (Oaxaca).
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179 (913) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus)
Synonym: Long-tailed royal tyrant.
On March 1, we met near Arista (Arista, Chiapas). Without photo.
One bird sighted near Canal Principal (Oaxaca) on 2 March.
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Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus savana)
Synonym: Fork-tailed royal tyrant.
Seen from the car. I did not see.
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180 (914) Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis)
Endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula.
AND Myiarchus yucatanensis yucatanensis
Synonym: Yucatan yellow-bellied tyrant, Yucatan miarch.
On February 20, we met one bird on the road 10 km from Calotmul, Yucatan. The photo was taken by Mosalov and Volkov, I did not succeed.
B Myiarchus yucatanensis navai
On February 22nd, one bird at the entrance to the ruins in Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
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181 Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer)
Synonym: Dark-capped yellow-bellied tyrant.
On February 18, we met at the Botanical Garden (Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo). Without photo.
March 5 on a tree in the fields of the Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca.
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182 (915) Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens)
Synonym: Gray-headed Yellow-bellied Tyrant, Ash-throated Tyrant Flycatcher.
On the morning of February 28, we met in a tree near the road to the summit of Sumidero Canyon (Canon del Sumidero National Park, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas).
On March 1, one bird on a tree near Arista (Arista, Chiapas).
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183 (916) Gray-throated Miarch (Nutting's Flycatcher, Myiarchus nuttingi flavidior)
Synonym: Pale-throated Yellow-bellied Tyrant
On March 1, one bird on the outskirts of the village near Arista (Arista, Chiapas).
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184 (917) Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus)
Synonym: Crested yellow-bellied tyrant.
March 1 in the trees along the lagoon near Arista (Arista, Chiapas).
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185 (918) Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus magister)
Synonym: Cayenne Yellow-bellied Tyrant.
One bird was seen near Canal Principal (Oaxaca) on 2 March.
Several birds were seen in Huatulco (National Park Huatulco, Oaxaca) on 3 March.
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186 (919) Bright-rumped Attila, Attila spadiceus gaumeri)
Synonym: Gold-Tailed Atilla.
On February 20, we met one bird on the road 10 km from Calotmul, Yucatan.
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Basic Description
A small, olive-green bird with a prominent eyering and wingbars, the Hammond's Flycatcher is a bird of mature and old-growth coniferous forests of western North America. Males sing a very short, 3-parted song that can help distinguish this species from other similar Empidonax flycatchers, including the Dusky Flycatcher, which can occur in shrubby habitats adjacent to Hammond's. Compared to other Empidonax, Hammond's has a fairly small, dark bill and long wings. In its breeding habitat, Hammond's often forages and nests rather high in trees.
Find this bird
Look for Hammond's Flycatchers in spring and summer in coniferous forests. Voice is important for Empidonax flycatchers, since the species look so similar — pay attention especially to differences with Dusky Flycatchers, the species most likely to be confused with Hammond's. Identification is especially difficult when an Empidonax remains silent (as they often do during migration) —it can be helpful to take photos in order to study fine details such as bill size and wing length (primary projection).
Empidonax flycatcher
The genus Empidonax is a group of small insect-eating passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family, the Tyrannidae. The genus name Empidonax is from Ancient Greek empis, "gnat", and anax, "master".
Contents
- Empidonax flycatcher
- Species
- References
Most of these birds are very similar in plumage: olive on the upper parts with light underparts, eye rings and wing bars. In the nesting season they may be distinguished by range, habitat and call, in other situations, particularly on migration and in winter, it may not be possible to be sure of specific identification.
Empidonax flycatchers often flick their wings and tails rapidly.
Euler's flycatcher, Lathrotriccus euleri and gray-breasted flycatcher, Lathrotriccus griseipectus were formerly placed in Empidonax, but differ anatomically and biochemically and are now placed in the genus Lathrotriccus.
Species
