- Lathrotriccus euleri
Identification
12·7–13·5 cm (5-5¼ in)
- Brown olive above
- Pale yellow belly
- White throat
- Brown breast
- 2 pale buff wing-bars
- Flat bill, black upper mandible and a yellow lower mandible
Distribution
Caribbean and South America:
Caribbean: Lesser Antilles and Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.
Taxonomy
This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of 5 subspecies:
Subspecies
- L. e. flaviventris:
- Grenada (Lesser Antilles). Extinct
- L. e. lawrencei:
- L. e. bolivianus:
- L. e. argentinus:
- L. e. euleri:
- South-eastern Brazil to north-eastern Argentina; winters to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil
An additional subspecies johnstonei is generally considered to be invalid[2].
Habitat
Woodland, humid forest, secondary growth, open forest borders, often near bamboo.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects, beetles, bugs, ants, cicadas and spiders.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/C150D25D ]. Retrieved 16 October 2021
- Arthur Grosset
- Farnsworth, A. and D. J. Lebbin (2020). Euler's Flycatcher (Lathrotriccus euleri), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.eulfly1.01
- Wikipedia
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
