The pileated flycatcher (Xenotriccus mexicanus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae; it is endemic to western Mexico.

[2] It is a small bird with gray feathers, white chest, yellow beak and a pointed gray-feathered tip on the top if its head.

The flycatcher's natural habitat is subtropical forest, but during the summer it is found in tropical high-altitude scrubland.

[citation needed] With the loss of trees, the flycatcher has lost its place to live and create nests to care for their eggs and young.

Deforestation also contributes to the loss of other species including insects, which is the dominant source of food for the flycatcher.