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- Spotted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum maculatum
Photo: Jacek Kisielewski · CC BY-SA 3.0 In northern Bolivia, this small flycatcher occurs in Amazonian river- and lake-edge forest and tall second growth.
- Agile Tit-Tyrant Uromyias agilis
The Agile Tit-Tyrant occurs in the mountains of Colombia, western Venezuela and Ecuador. It has olive-brown upperparts, black lores and a white throat streaked with brown. It searches for insects and fruit in moist montane forest edges and thickets.
- Southern Antpipit Corythopis delalandi
A small forest bird of central and southeastern South America, it searches for food on the ground and in the lower forest layers. A regional study documented its distribution and habitat in the Yungas of Bolivia and Argentina.
- Ticking Doradito Pseudocolopteryx citreola
The Ticking Doradito breeds in central Chile and western Argentina, then moves north to Bolivia in winter.
- Giant Kingbird Tyrannus cubensis
This large tyrant flycatcher has a massive black bill and orange crown feathers that may be raised in display. Its range is restricted to forested parts of Cuba.
- Restinga Tyrannulet Phylloscartes kronei
This small flycatcher is recorded in coastal forest in southeastern Brazil. Its habitat includes sandy restinga woodland and nearby riverine forest.
- Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes alpinus
This small tyrant flycatcher lives in the high Andes of Peru and Bolivia. It moves along outer branches in Polylepis woodland and searches for caterpillars and other insects.
- Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris
A pewee distributed across Puerto Rico and islands of the Lesser Antilles. Subspecies differ among islands, including in the color of the breast and belly.
- Olive-streaked Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
This flycatcher occurs in montane forest on the eastern Andean slope. The Peru Aves account says it forages at different heights along forest edges and in second growth.
- Olivaceous Elaenia Elaenia mesoleuca
This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and northern Uruguay. It closely resembles E. parvirostris, and voice is reported as a useful clue where field separation is difficult.
- White-eyed Attila Attila bolivianus
This tyrant flycatcher lives in the lowlands of northern South America. It uses riverside and swamp forest, where it sallies from a perch to catch insects.
- Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
This small flycatcher ranges along the Andes from southwestern Colombia through Ecuador and Peru to central Bolivia. It occurs at edges of humid montane forest.
- Reiser's Tyrannulet Phyllomyias reiseri
Reiser's Tyrannulet is recorded in Brazil and Paraguay. It has bright yellow-green upperparts and pale yellow underparts, and the field account reports it most often in gallery forest in Brazil's Cerrado.
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
The Fork-tailed Flycatcher is conspicuous for the adult male's long, deeply forked tail. It catches flying insects over open ground.
- Chico's Tyrannulet Zimmerius chicomendesi
This small tyrannulet is documented in Amazonas State in central Amazonian Brazil. It uses open woodland and scrub on sandy or rocky sand soils.
- Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus
This flycatcher lives in humid Andean montane forest. It has a gray crown and greenish-olive back, while the breast is gray in the southern subspecies ottonis and olive-yellow in northern nominate birds.
- River Tyrannulet Serpophaga hypoleuca
This small tyrant flycatcher lives along rivers in the Amazon basin. It has a gray back and pale underparts, and catches flying insects over young river-edge vegetation.
- White-winged Black Tyrant Knipolegus aterrimus
This tyrant flycatcher is recorded in northern and central Argentina in open, dry country and shrub steppe. Males are black with conspicuous white wing patches.
- 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.
- Pacific Flatbill Rhynchocyclus pacificus
This tyrant flycatcher occurs along the Pacific side of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It forages in humid forest understory.
- Yellow-margined Flatbill Tolmomyias assimilis
The Yellow-margined Flatbill has a broad, flat bill and conspicuous yellow edging on its wings. In Costa Rica it uses the canopy of humid forest and is seen in pairs or small groups.
- Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti
This tyrant flycatcher is recorded in humid montane forest on Peru's eastern Andean slope. The Peru account gives an elevational range of 800–1,950 m and notes that it also occurs in Colombia and Ecuador.
- White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis albicauda
The White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant is about 25–28 cm long. This diurnal bird of the high Andes looks for prey from a perch.
- 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.