Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox ferox) 15 June 2019. Laguna Viejacocha, Iquitos, Loreto, Peru
Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox ferox)

Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox ferox)
This species typically forages low along river edges. Flycatchers in the genus Myiarchus are often tricky to identify and are best told apart by voice. Short-crested is further distinguished from the larger Swainson's Flycatcher by Short-crested's all dark bill, darker yellow underparts and lack of dark face mask. Dusky-capped Flycatcher is smaller with darker head and very different voice. This individual seems to have a slight "overbite" in which the hook at the tip of the bill is visible Canon PowerShot SX60 HS.

References:

Joseph, L. (2019). Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/57502 on 4 August 2019).

Schulenberg, T. S. & Stotz, D. F., Lane, D. F., O'Neill, J. P, Parker III, T. A. & Egg, A. B. (2010). Birds of Peru: Revised and Updated Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/shcfly1
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