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• Buff-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus hellmayri

  

  This tyrannulet occurs on the eastern Andean slope in south-eastern Peru and Bolivia. It uses the canopy and subcanopy of humid mountain forest, alone, in pairs, or in mixed flocks.

• Blue Mountain Elaenia Elaenia fallax

  This tyrant flycatcher lives in Jamaica’s humid mountain forests. It has olive-brown upperparts and white wing-bars, and eats insects and fruit. Current references treat it separately from the former Greater Antillean Elaenia.

• Variegated Bristle Tyrant Pogonotriccus poecilotis

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in humid Andean mountain forest from Colombia to Peru.

• Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet Phyllomyias plumbeiceps

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in the Andes from Colombia through Ecuador to southern Peru. It searches forest vegetation for small invertebrates.

• Maranon Tyrannulet Nesotriccus maranonicus

  This small flycatcher lives in the dry Marañón Valley of northern Peru. It has two pale wing bars and feeds on insects and fruits such as mistletoe.

• Chocolate-vented Tyrant Neoxolmis rufiventris

  This tyrant flycatcher breeds in Patagonian grasslands and moves to the Pampas for winter. It walks through open grass or scrub and searches for food on the ground.

• Greyish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex

  This tyrant flycatcher ranges across northern and central South America. It occurs in middle and upper levels of humid forest, feeds mainly on large insects, and also takes fruit.

• Small-headed Elaenia Elaenia sordida

  Elaenia sordida is a small-headed, crestless elaenia. A 2022 study in northeastern Argentina recorded foraging in scrub and secondary forest, including fruit feeding.

• Straneck's Tyrannulet Serpophaga griseicapilla

  Straneck's Tyrannulet is a small bird recorded in Argentina. It has a gray, streaked head and sometimes catches prey in flight while foraging alone or in pairs.

• Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens

  The Yellowish Flycatcher is marked by its yellowish belly and a pale eye-ring that broadens behind the eye. In Costa Rica, it uses the canopy and edges of moist mountain forest.

• Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura napensis

  This small tyrant-flycatcher often holds up its long, white-tipped tail. Along Peru’s Amazon, Ucayali and other rivers, it forages in young vegetation growing on river-created sites.

• Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus

  It has a black eye-mask, yellow belly, and warm reddish-brown flashes in the wings. It inhabits open woodland and waterside areas from south Texas through Central and South America.

• Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis micropterus

  This tyrant-flycatcher occurs in shrub-steppe in Patagonia and northwestern Argentina. It is solitary and has been recorded perching high on shrubs.

• Brownish Twistwing Cnipodectes subbrunneus

  The Brownish Twistwing uses terra firme forest in the northern Bolivian Amazon, especially dense understory. It has shaggy plumage, a pale lower mandible, ochre edges on the wing feathers and a rufous-brown tail; it is usually solitary.

• Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola rufivertex

  This ground-tyrant occurs in the Peruvian Andes. The Peru Aves account describes grayish upperparts, a whitish-gray underside, a white forehead, and a rusty patch on the nape; it forages in short dry grass and other dry habitats.

• Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus

  The Loggerhead Kingbird is a big-headed flycatcher widespread in the Caribbean. It occasionally wanders to Florida in North America.

• Black-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus granadensis

  This small bird lives in humid Andean forests and has a black throat patch. Peru Aves records it on the eastern Andean slope, including Peru.

• Brownish Elaenia Elaenia pelzelni

  This flycatcher is restricted to riverine habitats in the Amazon basin, especially islands and forest edges along the Amazon and Napo rivers. It is often associated with early growth that includes Cecropia trees.

• Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus

  Western Wood-Pewees spend summer in open woodlands across western North America. They sally from exposed branches to catch flying insects; their exact winter range remains unclear.

• 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.

• Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus

  This 12–14 cm flycatcher is active by day in mountain forest and pine-oak woodland. It catches insects in the air by darting out from a perch. It does not migrate.