Pyrocephalus rubinus nanus Gould, 1838 (Original description: Pyrocephalus nanus)
Date 1838
Source Darwin, C. R. ed. 1838. Birds Part 3 No. 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. by John Gould. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Smith Elder and Co.
Author John Gould (1804–1881)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyrocephalus_rubinus_nanus.jpg


Darwin's flycatcher or little vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus nanus) is a species of flycatcher, closely related to the vermilion flycatcher. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. The same threats that led to the San Cristóbal flycatcher's extinction, including invasive species such as rats, threaten the Darwin's flycatcher today. Populations exist on the islands of Santa Cruz, Fernandina, Rabida and Isabela. It lives in humid forests and shrubland and has an average lifespan of five years. A 2016 study on the vermilion flycatcher elevated several of the subspecies to the rank of species, including Darwin's flycatcher, and the now extinct San Cristόbal flycatcher.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Pyrocephalus
Species: Pyrocephalus nanus (Gould, 1839)
Synonyms

Pyrocephalus carolensis Ridgway, 1894
Pyrocephalus intercedens Ridgway, 1894
Pyrocephalus abingdoni Ridgway, 1894
Pyrocephalus nanus nanus Snodgrass & Heller, 1904
Pyrocephalus nanus abingdoni Snodgrass & Heller, 1904
Pyrocephalus rubinus nanus (Gould, 1839)