---
title: "Hirundinea"
description: "Hirundinea ferruginea — Vogels. The cliff flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/cliff-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hirundinea

> Hirundinea ferruginea — Vogels. The cliff flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Hirundinea ferruginea*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3090
- Wikidata: [Q979415](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q979415)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17180](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17180)

## Names

- en: Cliff Flycatcher
- de: Schwalbentyrann
- es: Birro colorado
- fr: Moucherolle hirondelle
- nl: Hirundinea
- pt: Gibão-de-couro
- pl: Tyranówka klifowa

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2043), AR (479), BO (143), EC (106), CO (55), PE (54), UY (30), GY (18), GF (9), CL (4), PY (4), VE (4)

## Summary

The cliff flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is known in every mainland South American country except Chile and may occur there as well.

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

## Photo

![Hirundinea](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cliff-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mateo Tapia · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288494917

## Machine access

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