Species profile
Vermillion Flycatcher
Pyrocephalus obscurus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are NA, MA, SA. Breeding subregions are sw USA to n Chile.
- Scientific name
- Pyrocephalus obscurus
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Pyrocephalus
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Related species in Tyrannidae
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Acre Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus cohnhafti)
- Agile Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes agilis)
- Agriornis andicola (Agriornis andicola)
- Alagoas Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ceciliae)
- Alder/willow Flycatcher (traill's Flycatcher) (Empidonax alnorum)
- Amazonian Black-Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilocercus)
- Amazonian Inezia (Inezia subflava)