Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Sad Flycatcher (Myiarchus barbirostris) - HBW 9, p. 431

French: Tyran triste German: Jamaikaschopftyrann Spanish: Copetón Jamaicano
Other common names: Jamaican Flycatcher

Taxonomy: Tyrannula barbirostris Swainson, 1827, “Mexico”; error = Jamaica.
Close relationship with M. tuberculifer (especially of race platyrhynchus) has long been acknowledged. In phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA, this species found to be most closely related to races platyrhynchus, nigricapillus and one Ecuadorean sample (identified as atriceps) of that species. Responds to playback of M. tuberculifer voice, but platyrhynchus does not respond to present species. This species should be included in the required taxonomic revision of M. tuberculifer. Monotypic.

Distribution: Jamaica.