- Sublegatus arenarum
Identification
13–15 cm (5-6 in)
- Narrow whitish supercilium
- Greyish-brown crown and upperparts
- Blackish-grey wings with whitish wingbars
Distribution
Central and South America.
Central America: found in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, Netherlands Antilles, Aruba
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 6 subspecies[1]:
- S. a. arenarum:
- Costa Rica and western Panama
- S. a. atrirostris:
- Pearl Islands (off southern Panama) and northern Colombia
- S. a. glaber:
- S. a. pallens:
- Curaçao
- S. a. tortugensis:
- Isla La Tortuga (off northern Venezuela)
- S. a. orinocensis:
- Extreme eastern Colombia, Orinoco Valley of southern Venezuela, adjacent Brazil
Habitat
Mangroves and nearby vegetation, and scrubby second growth.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of arthropods, such as ants, caterpillars and small beetles. They also eat some small berries.
Breeding
They construct a cup nest, which is placed in the fork of a small tree about 2-6m above ground.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2019)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Northern Scrub Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Northern_Scrub_Flycatcher
External Links
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