Family Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Least Concern
Yucatan Flycatcher (Myiarchus yucatanensis)
Taxonomy
French: Tyran du Yucatan German: Yucatánschopftyrann Spanish: Copetón yucateco
Taxonomy:
Myiarchus yucatanensis
Lawrence
, 1871,Yucatán, Mexico
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Subspecies and Distribution
M. y. yucatanensis
Lawrence, 1871 – E Mexico in extreme E Tabasco (near Balancán) and N & C Yucatán Peninsula.
M. y. lanyoni
Parkes & A. R. Phillips, 1967 – Cozumel I, off NE Quintana Roo (Mexico).
M. y. navai
Parkes, 1982 – S Quintana Roo (La Vega, Chetumal) and SE Campeche (Xpujil), in Mexico, Guatemala (Tikal, in N Petén) and N Belize (perhaps including Ambergris Caye#R).
Descriptive notes
17·5–19 cm; 19–23 g. Unusually rufescent-crowned Myiarchus (most populations) with sometimes distinct facial pattern. Nominate race has broad... read more
Voice
Dawn song a fairly loud, clear, monotonously repeated “hoor-eep” or “hoow’eep”, second part rising... read more
Habitat
Humid to semi-arid forest, scrubby woodland and edge; in deciduous forest found primarily in... read more
Food and feeding
Little known. Hymenopterans recorded in one stomach.
Breeding
Three males with enlarged testes in second half Mar. No other information.
Movements
Presumably resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Fairly common to common. Occurs in Lamanai Archaeological Reserve and Río Bravo Conservation and Management Area, in Belize, and Laguna del Tigre... read more
See M. tyrannulus (below). Geographical variation, including populations on Cozumel I (lanyoni), seems ecophenotypic (correlated with rainfall and vegetation); nominate race and navai apparently intergrade in C Yucatán Peninsula; sampling needed to test validity of current taxonomy. Three subspecies recognized.