Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) - HBW 9, p. 437
French: Tyran huppé
German: Gelbbauch-Schopftyrann
Spanish: Copetón Viajero
Taxonomy: Turdus [] crinitus Linnaeus, 1758, South Carolina, United States.
Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA suggested that closest relatives are M. yucatanensis, M. cinerascens and M. tyrannulus, but relationships within this group not resolved. Birds from Massachusetts separated as race boreus on basis of bill size, but geographical variation considered clinal. Monotypic.
Distribution: Breeds S Canada (EC Alberta E to S Manitoba, extreme W & SE Ontario, S Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, occasionally Prince Edward I) and E USA (from C North Dakota, NE & SW South Dakota, C Nebraska, NE Colorado, Oklahoma and S Texas); probably also extreme N Mexico (NE Coahuila). Winters in SE USA (S Florida), and S Mexico through Central America to N Colombia and NW Venezuela.
- Least Concern
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A bird in a tree, changing its perch and calling twice Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 May 2006 3 years ago 34 sec 3.9 -
A dorsal view of an adult bird looking back Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2005 3 years ago 16 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a tree and flying away Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 6 May 2006 3 years ago 29 sec 3.6
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A Flycatcher on a branch catching a dragonflie Ohio, USA
Michel Lamarche 14 May 2010 9 weeks ago 4.3 -
GCFL with prey incident to feeding young. North Carolina, USA
datrick 2 July 2008 1 year ago 4.2 -
Great Crested Flycatcher Wisconsin, USA
MichaelL 14 June 2009 1 year ago 3.8 -
A bird perching in Carara National Park. Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Sergio Bargues 3 April 2007 20 weeks ago 3.6 -
A fall migrant in a tree at the Convention Center South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA
Erik Breden 27 August 2008 15 weeks ago 3.5 -
Adult on migration. Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West, Marion County, Florida, USA
David Brassington 17 April 2009 51 weeks ago 3.3
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Singing on territory Bracebridge, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada
(Monotypic species)
Andrew_Davis 5 June 2008 37 weeks ago 3
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