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title: "Streaked Flycatcher"
description: "Myiodynastes maculatus — Birds. The streaked flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/streaked-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Streaked Flycatcher

> Myiodynastes maculatus — Birds. The streaked flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Myiodynastes maculatus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9610
- Wikidata: [Q875860](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q875860)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16063](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16063)

## Names

- en: Streaked Flycatcher
- de: Süd-Fleckenmaskentyrann
- es: Papamoscas Rayado Cheje
- fr: Tyran audacieux
- pt: Bem-te-vi-rajado
- pl: Bentewi kreskowany

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2761), AR (2029), CO (1255), PA (1091), CR (782), EC (185), BO (153), PE (140), MX (120), VE (74), TT (68), UY (67)

## Summary

The streaked flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every South American country except El Salvador, in Trinidad and Tobago, in every mainland South American country (though only as a vagrant to Chile), and as a  vagrant to Bonaire.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaked_flycatcher

## Photo

![Streaked Flycatcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/streaked-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64697614

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/streaked-flycatcher?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).