Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
18 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (90)...)

Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox) [XC816913]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Aragua\u00edna, Tocantins Ch\u00e1cara do Pedro Araujo, Brazil (call)

Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox) [XC476506]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Setor Samambaia, mata seca, perto da UFG-Agronomia, Goi\u00e2nia-Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Formerly included Venezuelan Flycatcher (Myiarchus venezuelensis) and Panama Flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis) as subspecies. Analyses of morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA indicate close affinities with those species and also with Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (Myiarchus phaeocephalus), but precise relationships within that group unclear.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

brunnescens Zimmer, JT & Phelps, 1946 - Core range a narrow belt of llanos in south-western Venezuela (T�chira and Portuguesa east to north-western Bol��var) and extreme north-eastern Colombia.
ferox (Gmelin, 1789) - Amazon Basin (from eastern slopes of Andes in southern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern Bolivia) east to eastern and southern Venezuela, the Guianas and Brazil.
australis Hellmayr, 1927 - Lowlands from south-eastern Bolivia, central Brazil (through southern Mato Grosso, southern Goi�s, southern Minas Gerais) and south through drainages of R Paraguay, R Paran� and R Uruguay to Argentina (south to southern Corrientes) and extreme south-western Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil); possibly also northern and western Uruguay.

References
See References.

Files:

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