page_title: List of birds of Nicaragua
section_title: Tyrant flycatchers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Nicaragua / Tyrant flycatchers
caption_attribution_description: Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer) -- Finca Hartmann, Chiriqui, Panama --
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Nicaragua. The avifauna of Nicaragua included a total of 776 species as of December 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of the species, 134 are rare or accidental and five have been introduced by humans. None are endemic.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, the species on this list are considered to occur regularly in Nicaragua as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The tags and notes of population status are from Bird Checklists of the World.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Nicaragua
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Nicaragua as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Tyrannidae
  Tyrant flycatchers are passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust and have stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, have plain coloring. As the name implies, most are insectivorous.
  Gray-headed piprites, Piprites griseiceps (A)
  Stub-tailed spadebill, Platyrinchus cancrominus
  Golden-crowned spadebill, Platyrinchus coronatus
  Ochre-bellied flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus
  Sepia-capped flycatcher, Leptopogon amaurocephalus
  Black-capped pygmy-tyrant, Myiornis atricapillus
  Scale-crested pygmy-tyrant, Lophotriccus pileatus (A)
  Northern bentbill, Oncostoma cinereigulare
  Slate-headed tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus sylvia
  Common tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum
  Black-headed tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum nigriceps (A)
  Eye-ringed flatbill, Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
  Yellow-olive flycatcher, Tolmomyias sulphurescens
  Yellow-margined flycatcher, Tolmomyias assimilis (A)
  Yellow-bellied tyrannulet, Ornithion semiflavum
  Brown-capped tyrannulet, Ornithion brunneicapillus (A)
  Northern beardless-tyrannulet, Camptostoma imberbe
  Yellow tyrannulet, Capsiempis flaveola
  Greenish elaenia, Myiopagis viridicata
  Yellow-bellied elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster
  Mountain elaenia, Elaenia frantzii
  Mistletoe tyrannulet, Zimmerius parvus
  Bright-rumped attila, Attila spadiceus
  Rufous mourner, Rhytipterna holerythra
  Dusky-capped flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer
  Ash-throated flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens (A)
  Nutting's flycatcher, Myiarchus nuttingi
  Great crested flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus
  Brown-crested flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus
  Great kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus
  Boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua
  Social flycatcher, Myiozetetes similis
  Gray-capped flycatcher, Myiozetetes granadensis
  White-ringed flycatcher, Conopias albovittatus
  Streaked flycatcher, Myiodynastes maculatus
  Sulphur-bellied flycatcher, Myiodynastes luteiventris
  Piratic flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius
  Tropical kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus
  Cassin's kingbird, Tyrannus vociferans (A)
  Western kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis
  Eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus
  Gray kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis (A)
  Scissor-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus forficatus
  Fork-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus savana
  Tawny-chested flycatcher, Aphanotriccus capitalis (vulnerable)
  Tufted flycatcher, Mitrephanes phaeocercus
  Olive-sided flycatcher, Contopus cooperi (near-threatened)
  Greater pewee, Contopus pertinax
  Western wood-pewee, Contopus sordidulus
  Eastern wood-pewee, Contopus virens
  Tropical pewee, Contopus cinereus
  Yellow-bellied flycatcher, Empidonax flaviventris
  Acadian flycatcher, Empidonax virescens
  Alder flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum
  Willow flycatcher, Empidonax traillii
  White-throated flycatcher, Empidonax albigularis
  Least flycatcher, Empidonax minimus
  Hammond's flycatcher, Empidonax hammondii
  Yellowish flycatcher, Empidonax flavescens
  Buff-breasted flycatcher, Empidonax fulvifrons (A)
  Black phoebe, Sayornis nigricans
  Vermilion flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus
  Long-tailed tyrant, Colonia colonus
caption: Dusky-capped flycatcher
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