Galápagos Flycatcher

About the Galápagos Flycatcher

The Galapagos flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris), also known as the large-billed flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatcher. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. The Galapagos flycatcher was formally described by John Gould as Myiobius magnirostris after initially naming it Tyrannula magnirostris. For a period in the early 1900s some authors placed it in the monotypic genus Eribates but by the 1970s that genus was merged into Myiarchus. The Galapagos flycatcher is monotypic.

The species' local name is "Papamoscas". The Galapagos flycatcher is about 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 12 to 18.5 g (0.42 to 0.65 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a gray-brown to olive-brown crown whose feathers form a small crest. Their face is otherwise a lighter gray-brown. Their upperparts are mostly gray-brown to olive-brown with a brown rump. Their wings are mostly olive-brown to brown with paler edges on the primaries and secondaries and the wing's coverts have paler tips that show as two wing bars. Their tail is gray-brown with rufescent edges on the feathers. Their throat and upper... Wikipedia →