Chaparri, Lambayeque, Peru; 3 March 2007 © Alejandro Tabini

Baird's Flycatcher is a striking, large tyrant of northwestern South America. Found only along the Pacific coast of southern Ecuador and northern Peru, the species inhabits woodland and scrub in arid regions below 1000 m in elevation. It is olive above with rufous wings, yellow underparts, a black face mask, white supercilium, gray-streaked white throat, and stout black bill with pink base to the mandible. Baird's Flycatcher perches in high, conspicuous areas and is sometimes heard giving a growly, three-part call.

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, Thomas S., and Tom Johnson. 2012. Baird's Flycatcher (Myiodynastes bairdii), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=%0A%09%09%09%09479756