The Amazonian Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus) is a passerine

Passerine

A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly...

 bird of the tyrant flycatcher

Tyrant flycatcher

The tyrant flycatchers are a family of passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They are considered the largest family of birds on Earth, with more than 400 species. They are the most diverse avian family in every country in the Americas, except for the United States and...

 family. It commonly includes the Northern

Northern Royal Flycatcher

The Northern Royal Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is, together with O. occidentalis and O. swainsoni, often considered a subspecies of O...

, Pacific

Pacific Royal Flycatcher

The Pacific Royal Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is often considered a subspecies of Onychorhynchus coronatus. It is found in relatively dry forest and woodland in western Ecuador and far north-western Peru. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife...

, and Atlantic Royal Flycatcher

Atlantic Royal Flycatcher

The Atlantic Royal Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is often considered a subspecies of Onychorhynchus coronatus....

 as subspecies

Subspecies

Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...

, in which case the combined species is known simply as the Royal Flycatcher.

The Amazonian Royal Flycatcher is found in forest and woodland throughout most of the Amazon basin

Amazon Basin

The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...

 in northern Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

, eastern Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

, eastern Ecuador

Ecuador

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, eastern Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

, Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

, the Guianas, and northern and western Brazil

Brazil

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. It is easily overlooked and typically found in low densities, but overall it remains widespread and common. It is therefore considered to be of Least Concern

Least Concern

Least Concern is an IUCN category assigned to extant taxon or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category. As such they do not qualify as threatened, Near Threatened, or Conservation Dependent...

 by BirdLife International

BirdLife International

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