Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

The boat-billed flycatcher is a large member of the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country though only as a vagrant in Chile.

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