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Tyrannidae - New World or tyrant flycatchers

Great KisskadeeThere are 429 species of birds in this family. The are found in North and South America, usually in tropical areas. They are small to medium-sized birds between 3-16 inches in length. They are usually gray, brown or olive-green in color although some species are more brightly colored. Some species have crests that are more colorful than the rest of their plumage. They eat insects.




 

Endangered in NH Endangered in N.H.
Threatened in NH Threatened in N.H.
introduced Introduced
Endangered in the US Endangered in U.S.
Threatened in the US Threatened in U.S.
breeds in NH Breeds in N.H.

  New Hampshire Species    Other North American Species
Alder Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Willow Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
 

Great Kiskadee
Acadian Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Barred Becard
Belted Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Black-and-white Becard
Black-billed Flycatcher
Black-capped Flycatcher
Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant
Black-crowned Tityra
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Black-tailed Flycatcher
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Bran-colored Flycatcher
Bright-rumped Attila
Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant
Brown-capped Tyrannulet
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Brownish Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Caribbean Elaenia
Cassin's Kingbird
Cattle Tyrant
Cinereous Becard
Cinnamon Becard
Cocos Flycatcher
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Couch's Kingbird
Cuban Pewee
Dark Pewee
Dusky Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Euler's Flycatcher
Eye-ringed Flatbill
Flammulated Flycatcher
Forest Elaenia
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Giant Kingbird
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Golden-crowned Flycatcher
Golden-crowned Spadebill
Gray Elaenia
Gray Flycatcher
Gray Kingbird
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Gray-collared Becard
Gray-headed Piprites
Greater Antillean Elaenia
Greater Pewee
Greenish Elaenia
Grenada Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Hispaniolan Pewee
Jamaican Becard
Jamaican Elaenia
Jamaican Pewee
La Sagra's Flycatcher
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher
Lesser Antillean Pewee
Lesser Elaenia
Lesser Kiskadee
Loggerhead Kingbird
Long-tailed Tyrant
Masked Tityra
Mountain Elaenia
Mouse-colored Tyrannulet
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Northern Bentbill
Northern Scrub-Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher
Ochraceous Pewee
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Olivaceous Flatbill
Olive-striped Flycatcher
One-colored Becard
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant
Paltry Tyrannulet
Panama Flycatcher
Pied Water-Tyrant
Pileated Flycatcher
Pine Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Puerto Rican Flycatcher
Rose-throated Becard
Rough-legged Tyrannulet
Royal Flycatcher
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
Rufous Mourner
Rufous Piha
Rufous-browed Tyrannulet
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Sad Flycatcher
Sapayoa
Say's Phoebe
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Sepia-capped Flycatcher
Sirystes
Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Southern Bentbill
Speckled Mourner
Stolid Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Stub-tailed Spadebill
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Tawny-breasted Flycatcher
Tawny-chested Flycatcher
Thick-billed Kingbird
Thrush-like Schiffornis
Torrent Tyrannulet
Tropical Kingbird
Tropical Pewee
Tufted Flycatcher
Variegated Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
White-ringed Flycatcher
White-throated Flycatcher
White-throated Spadebill
White-winged Becard
Yellow Tyrannulet
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
Yellow-green Tyrannulet
Yellowish Flycatcher
Yellow-margined Flycatcher
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Yucatan Flycatcher

South American Birds
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock



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