Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Galapagos Flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris) - HBW 9, p. 438

French: Tyran des Galapagos German: Galapagosschopftyrann Spanish: Copetón de Galápagos
Other common names: Large-billed Flycatcher

Taxonomy: Tyrannula magnirostris Gould, 1839, no locality = Chatham Island, Galapagos Islands.
Was formerly placed in a monotypic genus, Eribates, on basis of supposed “very long tarsus”. Morphologically, appears most closely related to M. tyrannulus, but it was not included in recent phylogenetic analysis; in playback experiments has shown behavioural response to voices only of that species and M. nugator, further suggesting a close relationship to the “M. tyrannulus group”. Monotypic.

Distribution: Galapagos Is: present on all main islands.