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Golden-crowned Flycatcher
Myiodynastes chrysocephalus (Tschudi, 1844)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Golden-crowned Flycatcher, Myiodynastes chrysocephalus, is a passerine of the Tyrannidae family that breeds along the eastern slope of the Andes from eastern Peru to north-western Argentina. It is a resident bird of foothill and montane forest, woodland and cloudforest, and it also uses forest edges, openings, roads and watercourses. Its most distinctive feature is the hidden golden patch on the crown, set within a brownish grey to dusky head. The sexes look alike, and the species is monotypic.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: e slope of Andes from e Peru to nw Argentina
