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Baird's Flycatcher
Myiodynastes bairdii (Gambel, 1847)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Baird's Flycatcher, Myiodynastes bairdii, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family that breeds in south-west Ecuador and north-west Peru. It is a resident bird of lowland country, including dry deciduous forest, woodland, gallery forest, secondary growth, arid scrub and towns. Its plumage is shared by both sexes and it has a broad dark facial mask, olive-brown upperparts with a rufous rump, and rufous in the tail. The species was first described by Gambel in 1847 and is monotypic.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: sw Ecuador, nw Peru
