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

# Variegated Flycatcher

> Empidonomus varius — Vogels. The variegated flycatcher (Empidonomus varius) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Empidonomus varius*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3053
- Wikidata: [Q268886](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268886)
- iNaturalist taxon: [17060](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/17060)

## Names

- en: Variegated Flycatcher
- de: Fleckentyrann
- es: Tuquito rayado
- fr: Tyran tacheté
- pt: Peitica
- pl: Bentewi zmienny

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2104), AR (352), CO (92), US (69), CA (43), VE (38), BO (33), UY (23), EC (20), PE (20), PY (18), TT (17)

## Summary

The variegated flycatcher (Empidonomus varius) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.  It is found on Trinidad and in every mainland South American country except Chile. In addition it has been documented as a vagrant in several U.S. states and the Canadian province of Ontario.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193334008

## Machine access

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