Gray-breasted Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Jon Gallagher
Amotape National Park, Tumbes, Peru, January 2010

Lathrotriccus griseipectus

Identification

13 cm

• Grey crown
• Whitish broken eye ring

Distribution

South America: found in arid tropical south-western Ecuador and north-western Peru.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Has also been placed in genus Empidonax.

Habitat

Forests up to 2200 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet is insects taken in flight from a concealed perch.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. BF Member observations
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Gray-breasted Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 November 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray-breasted_Flycatcher

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