Cinnamon Flycatcher
Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Cinnamon Flycatcher, Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus, is a tyrant flycatcher that breeds in South America from Venezuela to north-western Argentina. It is a bird of foothill and montane forest in subtropical and temperate zones, and it also uses brushy openings and forest edges, including those beside roads. In Colombia it is often seen close to rock faces. The species is the only member of its genus. Its breeding range includes Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina, with different subspecies occupying separate parts of the Andes and nearby ranges.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: Venezuela to nw Argentina
