Golden-crowned Flycatcher
Myiodynastes chrysocephalus(Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
English (US) Golden-crowned Flycatcher
The Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: east slope of Andes of Peru to Bolivia and northwestern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Golden-crowned Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sc[aphorhynchus] chrysocephalus
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
- Type locality
- Peru; restricted to Chanchamayo, Junin by Hellmayr, 1920, Archiv f. Naturg., 85, ser. A, 10, p. 56.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10 p.272
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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