Alternative name: Cocos Island Flycatcher
- Nesotriccus ridgwayi
Identification
13 cm
- Greyish-olive to dark brownish-olive upperparts
- Grey buff ti pale yellow underparts
- Faint buff eyebrow
- Dusky wings with 2 wing bars
- Buff edges to wing feathers
- Brownish-olive breast
- Thin long dusky bill
- Pale horn lower mandible
Juvenile: brown, tawny wingbars and eyebrow
Distribution
Central America: found only on Cocos Island, (off Costa Rica).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Forests, scrub, swamp, and wooded ravines.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects and fruit.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cocos Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cocos_Flycatcher
