Pacific royal flycatcher

The Pacific royal flycatcher (Onychorhynchus occidentalis) is a species of passerine bird in the family Tityridae. It is found in relatively dry forest and woodland in western Ecuador and far north-western Peru. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pacific royal flycatcher
Male (above) and female (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1888
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Genus: Onychorhynchus
Species:
O. occidentalis
Binomial name
Onychorhynchus occidentalis
(Sclater, PL, 1860)
Synonyms

Muscivora occidentalis

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Onychorhynchus occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2018.


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