South-western Ecuador (central Manabí, from northern side of Bahía de Caráquez, south to El Oro and western Loja) and north-western Peru (southern on Pacific slope to Ancash and to northern Lima).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Baird's Flycatcher (Myiodynastes bairdii) [XC251165]
by John V. Moore from Manab\u00ed: R\u00edo Ayampe, Ecuador (call)
Baird's Flycatcher (Myiodynastes bairdii) [XC283543]
by Ross Gallardy from Reserva Natural La Ceiba (Zapotillo - Loja) El Oro de Pilares, Ecuador (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Affinities of genus uncertain. For long hypothesized as being closest to Conopias, largely on basis of similar hole-nesting tendencies. Genus probably monophyletic, although this only weakly supported by recent analyses of molecular-sequence data (likely due to inappropriate markers for the apparently long branches and deep level of divergence within genus). Findings from separate analyses of plumage/syringeal morphology and molecular data were not completely congruent, but evidence indicates that present species is basal to two main clades, one containing Golden-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes hemichrysus) and Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus) and the other Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes luteiventris) and Northern Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet