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Boat-billed Flycatcher
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBoat-billed Flycatcher
DutchBootsnaveltiran
SpanishLuis pico grueso
Chinese船嘴霸鹟
Scientific nameMegarynchus pitangua (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

The boat-billed flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) is a large member of the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country though only as a vagrant in Chile.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrannidae
GenusMegarynchus

In Suriname

1,275Records in Suriname
14iNaturalist observations
1878First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne323
  • Para305
  • Sipaliwini250
  • Paramaribo241
  • Brokopondo74
  • Nickerie26
  • Wanica10
  • Saramacca9
  • Marowijne3
  • Coronie2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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