Baird's flycatcher

Baird's flycatcher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiodynastes
Species: M. bairdii
Binomial name
Myiodynastes bairdii
(Gambel, 1847)

The Baird's flycatcher (Myiodynastes bairdii) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

This bird was named after Spencer Fullerton Baird, a 19th-century naturalist.

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