tyrant flycatcher
noun
: any of a large family (Tyrannidae) of American flycatchers that are usually strictly insectivorous and have a flattened bill often hooked at the tip and usually bristly at the gape
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Tyrannulet refers to a small member of the tyrant flycatcher family, tyrant touching the aggressive nature of these birds. Beardless?
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Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020
Swallows, gulls and terns, crows, blackbirds and orioles, tyrant flycatchers and parids—all practice mobbing.
—Lance Morrow, WSJ, 6 July 2018
This is one of more than 400 species known as tyrant flycatchers that are found throughout the United States.
—Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018
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Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020
Swallows, gulls and terns, crows, blackbirds and orioles, tyrant flycatchers and parids—all practice mobbing.
—Lance Morrow, WSJ, 6 July 2018
This is one of more than 400 species known as tyrant flycatchers that are found throughout the United States.
—Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018
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