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Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua
(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
Pitanguá
Neinei
Family: Tyrannidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: [lanius] pitangua.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 641511
  Adult
Reserva Jorupe
Loja
Ecuador
05/14/2025
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 163431
  Adult
Vilcabamba
Loja
Ecuador
10/15/2014
Carmelo López Abad
Foto
Photography ID: 151752
  Adult
Puerto Misahualli
Napo
Ecuador
04/11/2016
José Aparicio
Foto
Photography ID: 150708
  Adult
Guayaquil
Guayas
Ecuador
02/19/2016
Daniel López Condoy



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
231364114/05/2025EcuadorLojaReserva JorupeFederico J. Villegas
210551510/06/2023EcuadorPichinchaRio Silanche Bird Sanctuary2Sabrina Godoy
65555908/10/2017EcuadorSucumbíosNavegacion y torre de avistaje., Sani lodgeEugenia Boggiano
65535607/10/2017EcuadorSucumbíosLaguna, Sani lodgeEugenia Boggiano
43904229/05/2016EcuadorGuayasParque Los Samanes, GuayaquilDaniel López Condoy
43939911/04/2016EcuadorNapoPuerto MisahualliJosé Aparicio
43336302/04/2016EcuadorGuayasMalecón del Salado, Guayaquil1Daniel López Condoy
43657919/02/2016EcuadorGuayasReserva Forestal Anr Los Samanes, GuayaquilDaniel López Condoy
35852330/10/2015EcuadorGuayasReserva Forestal Anr Los Samanes, GuayaquilJulián Alfredo Pérez Correa
35498724/10/2015EcuadorGuayasMalecón del SaladoJulián Alfredo Pérez Correa
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Bibliography related


Artículo Merlo, J. L. y S. Aleman. 2010. El Pintaguá (Megarynchus pitangua) en Buenos Aires. Nuestras Aves, 55: 22-23.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 29/03/2026.