Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua - Tyran pitangua

Tyran pitangua
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Tyrannidés

  • Genus
    :

    Megarynchus

  • Species
    :

    pitangua

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 24 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 62 à 70 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tyran pitangua
adult
Tyran pitangua
adult plum. breeding

Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Megarynchus pitangua pitangua (tropical n and c SA to n Argentina, Trinidad)
  • Megarynchus pitangua tardiusculus (nw Mexico)
  • Megarynchus pitangua caniceps (w Mexico)
  • Megarynchus pitangua mexicanus (e Mexico to nw Colombia)
  • Megarynchus pitangua deserticola (c Guatemala)
  • Megarynchus pitangua chrysogaster (e Ecuador and nw Peru)

Foreign names

  • Tyran pitangua,
  • Bienteveo pitanguá,
  • nei-nei,
  • Starkschnabel-Maskentyrann,
  • csónakcsőrű bentévi,
  • Bootsnaveltiran,
  • Pigliamosche becco a barca,
  • båtnäbbstyrann,
  • Båtnebbtyrann,
  • postriežkar pitangua,
  • tyran velkozobý,
  • Bådnæbstyran,
  • isonokkaväijy,
  • tirà reial bec de bota,
  • bentewi wielkodzioby,
  • Тиранн-лодкоклюв,
  • オオハシタイランチョウ,
  • 船嘴霸鹟,
  • båtnäbbstyrann,
  • 船嘴霸鶲,

Voice song and call

Tyran pitangua
adult

Habitat

Tyran pitangua
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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