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• Smoky Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus

  

  This flycatcher inhabits Andean forests. It is dark brown with pale mottling on the throat; one nest on a dead stump was reported in Ecuador.

• Ochraceous Attila Attila torridus

  It lives in forests of western Ecuador and adjacent Colombia and Peru. It catches large insects and spiders in the upper forest.

• Puna Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola juninensis

  This terrestrial tyrant flycatcher lives in Andean grassland and steppe. It searches for insects in short runs and hops near rocky outcrops.

• Amazonian Black Tyrant Knipolegus poecilocercus

  Males are black, while females are olive-brown. The bird forages inconspicuously in dense understory in flooded or seasonally flooded forest.

• Olive-chested Flycatcher Myiophobus cryptoxanthus

  The Olive-chested Flycatcher is a small bird recorded on the eastern Andean slopes of northern Peru and Ecuador. It feeds alone in shrubs at forest edges and in secondary growth.

• Coopmans's Elaenia Elaenia brachyptera

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in Andean foothills from southwestern Colombia into Ecuador. Literature describes semi-open woodland, river edges, and clearings as habitat; a northeastern Ecuador study recorded nests in saplings beside rivers.

• Hangnest Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus nidipendulus

  This small tyrant flycatcher is endemic to Brazil. It has an olive-green head and back and eats mostly insects in humid forests.

• Rufous-webbed Bush Tyrant Cnemarchus rufipennis

  The body is gray, with a pale center to the belly and pale undertail coverts. Rufous parts of the wings and tail show clearly in flight. It forages in open scrub and grassland in the high Andes.

• Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum

  This small flycatcher ranges from Central America into northern South America. It uses mangroves, nearby vegetation, and scrubby second growth while searching for food.

• Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus

  This flycatcher occurs across South America. The Peru account describes it foraging in the understory of river-created habitats, with different subspecies associated with different environments.

• Grey-hooded Attila Attila rufus

  The Grey-hooded Attila is a forest bird of Brazil, with a grey head and rufous body.

• Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus

  Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet is a small tyrant flycatcher about 10–11 cm long. It is recorded in river-edge forest, lowland evergreen forest, and secondary growth. The account describes catching small invertebrates in surface sallies near foliage and lists sound records from Ecuador and other countries.

• Dark Pewee Contopus lugubris

  This pewee occurs in mountain forests of Costa Rica and extreme western Panama. It is dark gray and is recorded along forest edges and openings; it may be solitary outside the breeding period.

• Minas Gerais Tyrannulet Phylloscartes roquettei

  A small tyrannulet recorded in Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the study, birds used dry and gallery forests and searched for arthropods in tall trees.

• Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens

  The Ash-throated Flycatcher has a yellow belly and rusty tail and catches insects in flight.

• Fulvous-breasted Flatbill Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus

  It forages in the mid-story of humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slopes and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks. It has olive upperparts, a tawny breast and a broad, flat bill.

• Eared Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis auricularis

  This tiny tyrant flycatcher is reported from Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. It has a black patch behind the eye on a grey head and feeds mostly on insects.

• Fulvous-crowned Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in South America. It has a partly concealed tawny crown patch and searches for insects in low scrub.

• Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus

  This tyrant flycatcher has streaking on its head and back. It makes short sallies from high perches in the canopy to catch insects and other food.

• Greater Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura budytoides

  A flycatcher with a very long, white-tipped tail; it is also recorded in Argentine scrublands and protected areas.

• Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus

  This small flycatcher forages in the midstory of Amazonian forest. Its dark brown cap and large black ear patch are distinctive.

• Flavescent Flycatcher Myiophobus flavicans

  This small flycatcher lives in Andean forests. It perches in the lower or middle levels and makes short flights to catch insects, often near forest edges.

• Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens

  The Eastern Wood-Pewee is a small bird of eastern North American forests that waits on a perch and catches flying insects.

• Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in the mountains of southeastern Ecuador and northern Peru. A 2004 Ecuadorian survey recorded birds searching leaf undersides in dense low vegetation.