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title: "Great Crested Flycatcher"
description: "Myiarchus crinitus — Aves. The great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) is a large insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/great-crested-flycatcher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Great Crested Flycatcher

> Myiarchus crinitus — Aves. The great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) is a large insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.

- Scientific name: *Myiarchus crinitus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 35676
- Wikidata: [Q1052057](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1052057)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16028](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16028)

## Names

- en: Great Crested Flycatcher
- de: Schnäppertyrann
- es: Papamoscas viajero
- fr: Tyran huppé
- nl: Grote kuiftiran
- pl: Muchołap czubaty

## Countries with the most observations

US (24180), CA (4935), MX (630), CR (197), PA (151), CO (133), HN (91), NI (44), SV (33), GT (19), BZ (10)

## Summary

The great crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) is a large insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the genus Myiarchus in North America, and is found over most of the eastern and mid-western portions of the continent. It dwells mostly in the treetops and rarely is found on the ground.

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

## Photo

![Great Crested Flycatcher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-crested-flycatcher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16028

## Machine access

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