Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Short-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus ferox

The Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox) is a 28 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

28 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

12

Recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, Guyana, Paraguay, GF, Venezuela, Suriname, Uruguay.

Where to see it: Floresta Estadual Edmundo Navarro de Andrade (Brazil); Peperpot Nature Park (Suriname); Camp Bonaventure (French Guiana); Barba Azul Nature Reserve (Bolivia); Route de Guatemala - Ouest du carrefour (French Guiana).

Photo: (c) Morten Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist