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title: "Long-tailed Tyrant"
description: "Colonia colonus — Vogels. The long-tailed tyrant (Colonia colonus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/long-tailed-tyrant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-tailed Tyrant

> Colonia colonus — Vogels. The long-tailed tyrant (Colonia colonus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Colonia colonus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2996
- Wikidata: [Q1048555](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1048555)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16909](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16909)

## Names

- en: Long-tailed Tyrant
- de: Weißkappen-Schleppentyrann
- es: Mosquero colilargo
- fr: Moucherolle à longs brins
- pt: Maria-viuvinha
- pl: Białogłowik

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1232), CR (568), CO (331), PA (178), PE (175), AR (146), EC (130), BO (42), GF (10), HN (8), SR (8), NI (5)

## Summary

The long-tailed tyrant (Colonia colonus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Central America from Honduras to Panama and in  every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.

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

## Photo

![Long-tailed Tyrant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-tailed-tyrant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120817371

## Machine access

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