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Brown-crested Flycatcher
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus tyrannulus (Statius Muller, 1776)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBrown-crested Flycatcher
DutchCayennetiran
SpanishPapamoscas Gritón
Chinese褐冠蝇霸鹟
Scientific nameMyiarchus tyrannulus (Statius Muller, 1776)

About this species

The brown-crested flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found from the southwestern United States south through Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica; on Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Trinidad, and Tobago; and in every mainland South American country except Chile and possibly Ecuador.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrannidae
GenusMyiarchus

In Suriname

233Records in Suriname
3iNaturalist observations
1913First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne73
  • Paramaribo49
  • Nickerie36
  • Sipaliwini20
  • Para4
  • Saramacca3
  • Coronie1

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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