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The Fork-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus savana) is a bird found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Belize and Uruguay. Open land and farms from Mexico to Argentina. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Fork-tailed flycatcher lives

Open land and farms from Mexico to Argentina.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs70%
• 🍎 Fruit30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Gabriel Rosa (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC199146. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Fork-tailed flycatcher

Where does the Fork-tailed flycatcher live?

The Fork-tailed flycatcher lives in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Belize and Uruguay. Open land and farms from Mexico to Argentina.

What does the Fork-tailed flycatcher eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), fruit (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Fork-tailed flycatcher endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from South America

• Raiatea Fruit Dove
• Rapa Fruit Dove
• Rapa shearwater
• Pfrimer's Parakeet
• Titicaca Grebe
• Peruvian Tern

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.