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title: "Tufted Flycatcher"
description: "Mitrephanes phaeocercus — Uccelli. The northern tufted flycatcher or simply tufted flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/tufted-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tufted Flycatcher

> Mitrephanes phaeocercus — Uccelli. The northern tufted flycatcher or simply tufted flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.

- Scientific name: *Mitrephanes phaeocercus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 2786
- Wikidata: [Q1268784](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268784)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16326](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16326)

## Names

- en: Tufted Flycatcher
- de: Gelbbauch-Schnäppertyrann
- es: Papamoscas Copetón
- fr: Moucherolle huppé
- nl: Geelbuiktiran
- pl: Czubogłowik ochrowy

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1643), CR (571), PA (185), US (117), GT (40), HN (17), CO (10)

## Summary

The northern tufted flycatcher or simply tufted flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found from Mexico to Ecuador.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305097590

## Machine access

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