Yucatan flycatcher

Yucatan flycatcher
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Myiarchus
Species:	M. yucatanensis
Binomial name
Myiarchus yucatanensis Lawrence, 1871

The Yucatan flycatcher (Myiarchus yucatanensis) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.

It is endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and the northern bordering parts of Belize and Guatemala.

It is a typical Myiarchus flycatcher; partially crested with a brown to gray back and head, a rufous tail and yellow to pale underparts. It is closely related to and similar in appearance to the dusky-capped flycatcher (M. tuberculifer), brown-crested flycatcher (M. tyrannulus) and the great crested flycatcher (M. crinitus). These species are best distinguished by voice.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and heavily degraded former forest.

References

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Myiarchus yucatanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

External links

• BirdLife species factsheet for Myiarchus yucatanensis
• Myiarchus yucatanensis on Avibase
• Yucatan flycatcher videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
• Yucatan flycatcher photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
• Yucatan flycatcher species account at NeotropicalBirds (Cornell University)

• Interactive range map of Myiarchus yucatanensis at IUCN Red List maps
• Audio recordings of Yucatan flycatcher on Xeno-canto.
• Myiarchus yucatanensis in the Flickr: Field Guide Birds of the World