Darwin's Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus nanus)
About the Darwin's Flycatcher
The brujo flycatcher (Pyrocephalus nanus) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. It is also known as Darwin's flycatcher or the little vermilion flycatcher. The brujo flycatcher was formally described in 1838 as Pyrocephalus nanus by the English ornithologist John Gould. Gould based his description on specimens collected by Charles Darwin in 1835 when Darwin visited the Galápagos Islands on HMS Beagle. Gould did not specify from which island the specimens had been obtained, but in 1894 the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway designated the locality as James Island (now Santiago Island). The specific epithet nanus is Latin meaning "dwarf". The common name "brujo" is Spanish meaning "witch" or "sorcerer".
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 7 recordings for this species: 7 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Ecuador in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus obscurusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.