Vermilion Flycatcher

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Tyrannidae

Genus

Pyrocephalus

eBird Code

verfly

Subspecies (10)

• Pyrocephalus rubinus ardens

  northern Peru (Cajamarca, Amazonas, and far eastern Piura)

• Pyrocephalus rubinus blatteus

  southeastern Mexico (southern Veracruz) to Guatemala and Honduras

• Pyrocephalus rubinus cocachacrae

  southwestern Peru (Ica to Tacna) and adjacent northern Chile

• Pyrocephalus rubinus flammeus

  arid southwestern USA to Baja California and northwestern Mexico (Nayarit)

• Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus

  arid southwestern Texas to Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz

• Pyrocephalus rubinus obscurus

  western Peru (Lima)

• Pyrocephalus rubinus pinicola

  lowland pine savanna of northeastern Nicaragua

• Pyrocephalus rubinus piurae

  Colombia (west of eastern Andes) to western Ecuador and northwestern Peru

• Pyrocephalus rubinus rubinus

  breeds northern Argentina and Uruguay to southern Brazil, Paraguay, and southeastern Bolivia; winters from southeastern Colombia and eastern Ecuador to eastern Bolivia and central and eastern Brazil

• Pyrocephalus rubinus saturatus

  northeastern Colombia to northern Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil