Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)

Boat-billed Flycatcher, a reference photo — Photo: Dario Sanches · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Boat-billed Flycatcher being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Philohydor lictor
Myiozetetes cayanensis
Myiozetetes similis

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Megarynchus
Species: Megarynchus pitangua

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