Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus) - HBW 9, p. 371
French: Moucherolle huppé
German: Gelbbauch-Schnäppertyrann
Spanish: Mosquero Moñudo Común
Other common names: Common Tufted Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Mitrephorus phaeocercus P. L. Sclater, 1859, Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico.
Closely related to M. olivaceus, and formerly considered conspecific. Other described races are burleighi (Mexican mountains from C Jalisco and W Zacatecas S to W Oaxaca) and nicaraguae (Chiapas, in Mexico, S to Nicaragua), both merged with nominate; vividus (C & E Panama), merged with aurantiiventris; and eminulus (Cerro Pirre, in E Panama, and adjoining Chocó, in Colombia), merged with berlepschi. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tenuirostris Brewster, 1888 - W Mexico, from Sonora and Chihuahua S to Jalisco.
- phaeocercus (P. L. Sclater, 1859) - mountains of E & C Mexico S to El Salvador and NE Nicaragua.
- aurantiiventris (Lawrence, 1865) - Costa Rica and Panama.
- berlepschi Hartert, 1902 - extreme E Panama (Cerro Pirre) and NW Colombia S to NW Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird flycatching. Locality San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica (ssp aurantiiventris)
Alex García · Videoaves 14 July 2010 1 year ago 25 sec 4.6 -
Flying in and out of the perch Locality El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 1 year ago 18 sec 3.8 -
A bird on a branch looking around, then flying to another branch. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp phaeocercus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 31 sec 3.8 -
A bird calling on a wire. Locality Bosque de Paz, Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp aurantiiventris)
Alex García · Videoaves 3 July 2010 1 year ago 38 sec 3.7 -
A bird flying in and out of a branch Locality El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 1 year ago 42 sec 3.6 -
A perched bird, in the rain Locality El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 1 year ago 33 sec 3.5
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A perched bird.
Locality Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (ssp berlepschi)
Ken Havard 7 July 2011 36 weeks ago 3 -
Not see tre crest
Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 2 January 2009 1 year ago 2.2 -
PILA, main trail (road) to rangers station
Locality Cerro Punta, Volcan Baru National Park, Chiriquí Province, Panama
Octavio Rios 3 January 2012 20 weeks ago 2 -
A front view of the bird.
Locality Xalapa, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern)
albert 1 February 2009 3 years ago 2 -
A dorsal view of the bird.
Locality Coatepec, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern)
albert 1 February 2009 3 years ago 2 -
A back view of a bird perched on a branch.
Locality Coatepec, Veracruz State, Mexico (Southern)
albert 1 February 2009 3 years ago 2
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Two birds calling back and forth Locality Bisaloachi, Chihuahua State, Mexico (Northern)
(ssp tenuirostris)
monicayhector 10 September 1989 2 years ago 3
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