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The tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) comprise a family of passerine birds which is found virtually throughout North and South America. It is the world's largest family of birds, with more than 400 species, and is the most diverse avian family in every country in the Americas, except for the United States and Canada. The members vary greatly in shape, patterns, size, and colors. Some tyrant flycatchers may superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, which they are named after but are not closely related to. The Tyrannidae is a member of suborder Tyranni (suboscines), a group that lacks the sophisticated vocal capabilities of most other songbirds.[1]

A number of species previously included in this family are now placed in the family Tityridae (see Systematics). Sibley and Alquist in their 1990 bird taxonomy had the genera Mionectes, Leptopogon, Pseudotriccus, Poecilotriccus, Taenotriccus, Hemitriccus, Todirostrum and Corythopis as a separate family Pipromorphidae,[2] but although it is still thought that these genera are basal to most of the family, they are not each other's closest relatives.[2]

Description

Most species are rather plain, with various hues of brown, gray and white commonplace, often providing some degree of presumed camouflage. Obvious exceptions include the bright red vermilion flycatcher, blue, black, white and yellow many-colored rush-tyrant and some species of tody-flycatchers or tyrants, which are often yellow, black, white and/or rufous, from the Todirostrum, Hemitriccus and Poecilotriccus genera. Several species have bright yellow underparts, from the ornate flycatcher to the great kiskadee. Some species have erectile crests. Several of the large genera (i.e. Elaenia, Myiarchus or Empidonax) are quite difficult to tell apart in the field due to similar plumage and some are best distinguished by their voices. Behaviorally, they can vary from species such as spadebills which are tiny, shy and live in dense forest interiors to kingbirds, which are relatively large, bold, inquisitive and often inhabit open areas near human habitations. As the name implies, a great majority of tyrant flycatchers are almost entirely insectivorous (though not necessarily specialized in flies). Tyrant flycatchers are largely opportunistic feeders and often catch any flying or arboreal insect they encounter. However, food can vary greatly and some (like the large great kiskadee) will eat fruit or small vertebrates (e.g. small frogs). In North America, most species are associated with a "sallying" feeding style, where they fly up to catch an insect directly from their perch and then immediately return to the same perch. Most tropical species, however, do not feed in this fashion and several types prefer to glean insects from leaves and bark. Tropical species are sometimes found in mixed-species foraging flocks, where various types of passerines and other smallish birds are found feeding in proximity.

The smallest family members are the closely related short-tailed pygmy tyrant and black-capped pygmy tyrant from the genus Myiornis (the first species usually being considered marginally smaller on average). These species reach a total length of Template:Convert and a weight of Template:Convert. By length, they are the smallest passerines on earth, although some species of Old World warblers apparently rival them in their minuscule mean body masses if not in total length.[3] The minuscule size and very short tail of the Myiornis pygmy tyrants often lend them a resemblance to a tiny ball or insect. The largest tyrant flycatcher is the great shrike-tyrant at Template:Convert and Template:Convert. A few species such as the streamer-tailed tyrant, scissor-tailed flycatcher and fork-tailed flycatcher have a larger total length — up to Template:Convert in the fork-tailed flycatcher at least — but this is mainly due to their extremely long tails; the fork-tailed flycatcher has the longest tail feathers of any known bird relative to their size (this being in reference to true tail feathers, not to be confused with elongated tail streamers as seen in some from the Phasianidae family of galliforms).[4]

Habitat and distribution

Species richness of Tyrannidae, when compared to habitat, is highly variable, although most every land habitat in the Americas has at least some of these birds. The habitats of tropical lowland evergreen forest and montane evergreen forest have the highest single site species diversity while many habitats including rivers, palm forest, white sand forest, tropical deciduous forest edge, southern temperate forest, southern temperate forest edge, semi-humid/humid montane scrub, and northern temperate grassland have the lowest single species diversity. The variation between the highest and the lowest is extreme; ninety species can be found in the tropical lowland evergreen forests while the number of species that can be found in the habitats listed above typically are in the single digits. This may be due in part to the fewer niches found in certain areas and therefore fewer places for the species to occupy.

Tyrannidae specialization among habitats is very strong in tropical lowland evergreen forests and montane evergreen forests. These habitat types, therefore, display the greatest specialization. The counts differ by three species (tropical lowland evergreen forests have 49 endemic species and montane evergreen forests have 46 endemic species). It can be assumed that they both have similar levels of specialization.

Regionally, the Atlantic Forest has the highest species richness with the Chocó following closely behind.

Status and conservation

The northern beardless tyrannulet (Camptostoma imberbe) is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.[5] This species is common south of the US border. The situation for a number of other species from South and Central America is far more problematic. In 2007, BirdLife International (and consequently IUCN) considered two species, the Minas Gerais tyrannulet and Kaempfer's tody-tyrant critically endangered. Both are endemic to Brazil. Additionally, seven species were considered endangered and eighteen species vulnerable.[6]

Systematics

The family's name is derived from an early description of the eastern kingbird as "the tyrant" by naturalist Mark Catesby in the 1730s. Carl Linnaeus adopted that name for the entire family Tyrannidae, because he admired Catesby's work.[7]

The family contains 447 species divided into 104 genera.[8] A full list, sortable by common and binomial names, is at list of tyrant flycatcher species. Species in the genera Tityra, Pachyramphus, Laniocera and Xenopsaris were formerly placed in this family, but evidence suggested they belong in their own family, the Tityridae,[9] where they are now placed by SACC.

Image Genus Species
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File:Pseudelaenia leucospodia - Gray-and-white Tyrannulet (cropped).jpg Pseudelaenia W. Lanyon, 1988Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Stigmatura budytoides - Greater wagtail tyrant.JPG Stigmatura Sclater & Salvin, 1866Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Golden-faced Tyrannulet - Colombia S4E9917.jpg Zimmerius Traylor, 1977Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Phylloscartes poecilotis (Atrapamoscas variegado) - Flickr - Alejandro Bayer (1).jpg Pogonotriccus Cabanis & Heine, 1859Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet - Manu NP - Perù 7710 (16666057107).jpg Phylloscartes Cabanis & Heine, 1859Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Sublegatus modestus - Southern scrub flycatcher.JPG Sublegatus Sclater & Salvin, 1868Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Ornate Flycatcher - South Ecuador S4E0633.jpg Myiotriccus Ridgway, 1905Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Tachuris rubrigastra - Many-coloured rush-tyrant.JPG Tachuris Lafresnaye, 1836Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Culicivora caudacuta Sharp-tailed Tyrant.JPG Culicivora Swainson, 1827Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Hemitriccus striaticollis - Stripe-necked Tody Tyrant; Arari; Maranhão, Brazil.jpg Hemitriccus Cabanis & Heine, 1859Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Myiornis auricularis 1.jpg Myiornis Bertoni, A.W., 1901Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Southern Bentbill.jpg Oncostoma P.L. Sclater, 1862Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Lophotriccus galeatus - Helmeted Pygmy Tyrant, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil 02.jpg Lophotriccus Berlepsch, 1884Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant.jpg Atalotriccus Ridgway, 1905Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Taeniotriccus andrei - Black-chested Tyrant (male), Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil.jpg Taeniotriccus Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Cinnamon Flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus).jpg Pyrrhomyias Cabanis & Heine, 1859Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Cnemotriccus fuscatus - Fuscous Flycatcher; Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.jpg Cnemotriccus Hellmayr, 1927Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Pileated Flycatcher - Mexico S4E9492 (16251012834).jpg Xenotriccus Dwight & Griscom, 1927Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Pyrocephalus rubinus Titiribí pechirrojo Vermilion Flycatcher (male) (17321352426).jpg Pyrocephalus Gould, 1839Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Ochthornis littoralis - Drab Water-Tyrant.jpg Ochthornis P.L. Sclater, 1888Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Satrapa icterophrys -Argentina-8.jpg Satrapa Strickland, 1844Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:LittleGround-Tyrant.jpg Syrtidicola Chesser et al, 2020Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant.jpg Muscisaxicola – ground tyrants Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Red-rumped-Bush-tyrant.jpg Cnemarchus Ridgway, 1905Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:White Monjita (Xolmis irupero)-8.jpg Xolmis F. Boie, 1826Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Black-backed Water-Tyrant - Brazil MG 8606 (16730865190).jpg Fluvicola Swainson, 1827Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Alectrurus risora - Strange-tailed tyrant (male) 03.jpg Alectrurus Vieillot, 1816Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Tumbes Tyrant - South Ecuador S4E9643 (16666065997).jpg Tumbezia Chapman, 1925Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant - Colombia S4E2594 (16687224919).jpg Silvicultrix Lanyon, W, 1986Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Short-tailed Field-Tyrant - South Ecuador S4E8007 (16710944637).jpg Muscigralla Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Cattle Tyrant - Pantanal - Brazil H8O0107 (16298240983).jpg Machetornis G.R. Gray, 1841Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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