Vermilion Flycatcher
Pyrocephalus rubinus (Boddaert, 1783)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Vermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus, is a passerine in the Tyrannidae family and breeds across North America, Middle America and South America, from the south-western USA to south Bolivia, Paraguay, south-eastern Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. It is a small flycatcher with a strong association to open country, including open woodland, woodland edges, scattered trees in pasture and farmed land. The IOC treats it as a separate species. It was named by Boddaert in 1783 and is placed in the genus Pyrocephalus. The IOC form is monotypic.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- North America, Middle America, South America: sw USA to se Bolivia, Paraguay, se Brazil to Argentina and Uruguay
