---
title: "Neinei"
description: "Megarynchus pitangua — Aves. The boat-billed flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) is a large member of the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/boat-billed-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Neinei

> Megarynchus pitangua — Aves. The boat-billed flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) is a large member of the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Megarynchus pitangua*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9779
- Wikidata: [Q876231](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q876231)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16737](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16737)

## Names

- en: Boat-billed Flycatcher
- de: Bauchschnabeltyrann
- es: Luis pico grueso
- fr: Tyran pitangua
- nl: Megarynchus
- pt: Neinei
- pl: Bentewi wielkodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

MX (2659), BR (2059), CR (898), CO (617), PA (548), EC (380), AR (305), HN (276), PE (186), SV (175), GT (122), BZ (112)

## Summary

The boat-billed flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) is a large member of the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country though only as a vagrant in Chile.

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

## Photo

![Neinei](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/boat-billed-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Whaldener Endo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/157908513

## Machine access

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