Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventris

Spanish: Papamoscas atigrado

The sulphur-bellied flycatcher (Myiodynastes luteiventris) is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southeasternmost Arizona of the United States (the Madrean sky islands region of Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Sonora, Mexico) to Costa Rica. They are short distance migrants, spending winters in the eastern Andean foothills of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, and are passage migrants over the southern portions of Central America.

TaxonomyAves › Passeriformes › Tyrannidae

Local records10 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records5,414 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2019 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2026-07-09 — observation by adrian_mora
2023-08-14 — observation by lupitaviajera-aves
2022-05-07 — observation by adriang100
2020-07-17 — observation by jacobyamahar6
2020-07-17 — observation by jacobyamahar6
2020-07-12 — observation by jacobyamahar6

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Cite as: “Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes luteiventris) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/myiodynastes-luteiventris/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.