Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

eBird describes the Boat-billed Flycatcher like this: The Boat-billed Flycatcher is a large and widespread inhabitant of clearings and forest edges from southern Mexico to south to Argentina. Boat-billed Flycatchers have a striking facial pattern with a black crown, yellow coronal patch, a white supercilium and black lores; this facial pattern is shared with species of several other genera of large-bodied neotropical flycatchers.  True to their name, Boat-billed Flycatchers have a broad and heavy bill.  Boat-billed Flycatchers generally forage in pairs or in small family groups at medium to high elevations in the forest canopy.  These flycatchers, sally-glean to catch insects or to snatch a piece of fruit.  The Boat-billed Flycatcher is resident in most of its range, but some populations in southern Brazil and northern Argentina are thought to be migratory. 

The World of Birds website introduces this bird with this descriptive information:  The Boat-billed Flycatcher is a large and widespread inhabitant of clearings and forest edges from southern Mexico to south to Argentina. Boat-billed Flycatchers have a striking facial pattern with a black crown, yellow coronal patch, a white supercilium and black lores; this facial pattern is shared with species of several other genera of large-bodied neotropical flycatchers.  True to their name, Boat-billed Flycatchers have a broad and heavy bill.  Boat-billed Flycatchers generally forage in pairs or in small family groups at medium to high elevations in the forest canopy.  These flycatchers, sally-glean to catch insects or to snatch a piece of fruit.  The Boat-billed Flycatcher is resident in most of its range, but some populations in southern Brazil and northern Argentina are thought to be migratory.

I saw and photographed my first Boat-billed Flycatcher while walking the trails of La Selva, Costa Rica, on the morning of February 7, 2023.  I first thought the bird was a Great Kiskadee, but closer examination showed it to be a Boat-billed Flycatcher.