Vermilion Flycatcher

Pyrocephalus dubius

Vermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus dubius, is a bird of Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands, where it occurs on the main islands and lives in the interior and margins of fairly moist highland forest. It is a year-round resident. The adult male has a vivid red forehead and crown reaching to the eye, with a dark facial pattern that runs round the nape, while the rest of the upperparts are dark brown. The female is much duller, with grey-brown upperparts and paler underparts. It nests in a moss-and-lichen cup in a tree or shrub, and lays three eggs.