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title: "Kappentyrann"
description: "Myiarchus tuberculifer — Vögel. The dusky-capped flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/dusky-capped-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kappentyrann

> Myiarchus tuberculifer — Vögel. The dusky-capped flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Myiarchus tuberculifer*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 7041
- Wikidata: [Q834638](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q834638)
- iNaturalist taxon: [15990](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/15990)

## Names

- en: Dusky-capped Flycatcher
- de: Kappentyrann
- es: Papamoscas triste
- fr: Tyran olivâtre
- nl: Monnikskaptiran
- pt: Maria-cavaleira-pequena
- pl: Muchołap ciemnogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (2036), US (943), CR (702), EC (255), HN (201), PA (201), NI (195), BZ (95), SV (92), GT (87), CO (81), PE (55)

## Summary

The dusky-capped flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in the United States, Mexico, every Central American country, Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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

## Photo

![Kappentyrann](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-capped-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steph Brulot-Sawchyn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/292213849

## Machine access

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