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Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
24 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Niels Krabbe (XC249718). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensis
Lesser KiskadeePhilohydor lictor
Thick-billed KingbirdTyrannus crassirostris
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Golden-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes hemichrysus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 1,756 |
|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,376 |
| Costa Rica | 629 |
| Colombia | 413 |
| Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 412 |
| Panama | 373 |
| Quintana Roo | 320 |
| Sao Paulo | 318 |
| Ecuador | 271 |
| Yucatan | 259 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Perching Birds · Passeriformes |
| Family | Tyrant Flycatchers · Tyrannidae |
| Genus | Megarynchus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Boat-billed Flycatcher with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.