Rusty-margined Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by erikat
Uitvlucht (Paramaribo), Suriname, June 2007

Myiozetetes cayanensis

Identification

• Broad white supercilium
• Short stubby bill
• Yellow underparts
• White throat
• Rufous margins on the wing feathers
• Brown back

Distribution

Central and South America: found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Four subspecies are recognized:

• M.c. hellmayri:

• southwestern Costa Rica and Panama south to southwestern Ecuador (south to El Oro and western Loja) and east across northern Colombia to northwestern Venezuela (to the the Maracaibo Basin and the west slope of the Andes)

• M.c. rufipennis:

• Eastern Colombia to northern Venezuela and eastern Ecuador

• M.c. cayanensis:

• Southern Venezuela, the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil to northern Bolivia

• M.c. erythropterus:

• South-East Brazil (eastern Minas Gerais to Rio de Janeiro)

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

Behaviour

Catches insects by sallying out from perches, often over water or into open areas.

References

1. 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/
2. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rusty-margined Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rusty-margined_Flycatcher

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