#tyrant flycatcher

[birdstudies]

November 5, 2024 - Buff-banded Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus hellmayri) These tyrant flycatchers are found in forests in the Andes from southern Peru through Bolivia to northern Argentina. While the details of their diet are unknown, they pick food items from foliage and twigs while perched or hovering, usually foraging alone and often joining mixed-species flocks. Almost nothing is known about their breeding behavior, though a juvenile was observed in May in Bolivia.

[herpsandbirds]

White Monjita (Xolmis irupero), family Tyrannidae, Islas del Ibicuy, Entre Rios, Argentina

photograph by Lip Kee Yap 

[jadafitch]

Tyrant Flycatcher Sketches.

[sebring5]

_DSF5151 by Henry

[wingedjewels]

Red as Red Can Be by Todd Wynia Via Flickr: It wasn't too hard to spot this male vermilion flycatcher at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Rather eye-poppingly red in my opinion. I almost feel like I should squint looking at this photo. Don't you just love his Zorro maask?

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Of diversified habits innumerable instances could be given: I have often watched a tyrant flycatcher (Saurophagus sulphuratus) in South America, hovering over one spot and then proceeding to another, like a kestrel, and at other times standing stationary on the margin of water, and then dashing like a kingfisher at fish.

"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" - Charles Darwin

[spinus-pinus]

Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya

11/27/2022 San Jacinto Wildlife Area, California

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Photo: Larry Smith

"On the southern Great Plains, this beautiful bird is common in summer, often resting on roadside fences and wires. Seen perched at a distance it might suggest a slim, long-tailed Mockingbird -- until it flies, showing off the salmon-pink under the wings, its long tail streamers flaring wide as it maneuvers in mid-air to catch an insect. Although it looks unique, the Scissor-tail is closely related to the kingbirds, and like them it will fearlessly attack larger birds that come near its nest."

- Audubon Field Guide

[wrens-roost]

they're a type of tyrant flycatcher (family Tyrannidae)! which includes "peewees, kingbirds, and allies"

it also includes the Empidonax genus of flycatchers (often called empids)

Saw this sweetheart outside my kitchen window and had to draw them!

I have never seen a phoebe before and was so confused by this huge "Junco" that I had to look them up.

(side note: I believe they are a kind of King bird, but I'm more used to Juncos, so that was my first thought when I saw them lol)

[snailkites]

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)

Photos: Fernando Burgalin Sequeria / Andres Paniagua

Weird little flycatcher with a shaggy crown and a staring eye. The only member of its genus to range north into Central America in addition to South America.

[birdstudies]

May 31, 2024 - Jelski's Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix jelskii) Found in the Andes in western Peru and southern Ecuador, these tyrant flycatchers live at the edges of mountain forests, often near streams. Usually foraging alone and occasionally joining mixed-species flocks, they eat insects, capturing prey in short flights from low perches or sometimes from the ground. Nothing is known about their breeding behavior.

[herpsandbirds]

White Monjita (Xolmis irupero), family Tyrannidae, found in south-central South America

photograph by rafaelslopess

[wrens-roost]

birds will literally be called the "tyrant flycatchers" and then look like this

grumpy baby

(eastern phoebe!)

[sebring5]

_DSF5098 by Henry Via Flickr: Tyrant flycatcher

[wingedjewels]

Red Zorro! by Todd Wynia Via Flickr: This is a male vermilion flycatcher youngster. As he matures his belly and crown will be more solidly red. I just love the Zorro mask these guys wear. I think I can safely say that this is my favorite tyrant flycatcher of North America, so brilliantly colored. Seen at the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert, Arizona.

[zetasxphotos]

Just some random bird shots I took a few weeks back

Story: I decided to take a small drive to a bird preserve just outside the town I live in. The trail i was on went in a loop back to the parking lot, and just as I was heading back to my car, I saw this bird consistently flying back and forth to this sign. I decided to spend some time there and practice my shutter speed in order to catch the bird flying in motion. How did I do?