Pacific royal flycatcher

Pacific royal flycatcher
Male (above) and female (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1888
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Onychorhynchus
Species: O. coronatus
Trinomial name
Onychorhynchus coronatus occidentalis
(Sclater, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Onychorhynchus occidentalis
  • Muscivora occidentalis

The Pacific royal flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus occidentalis) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is often considered a subspecies of Onychorhynchus coronatus. It is found in relatively dry forest and woodland in western Ecuador and far north-western Peru. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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