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==Identification==
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*Uniform dark grey
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*Upper mandible is black while its lower one is yellow
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==Distribution==
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[[South America]]: found in [[Guyana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and [[Brazil]].
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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There are 2 subspecies:
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*''C. n. nigrescens'':
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:*Eastern slope of Andes of [[Ecuador]] (Napo-Pastaza and Santiago-Zamora)
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*''C. n. canescens'':
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:*Eastern [[Peru]] (south to Cuzco); southern [[Guyana]] (Acari Mts.) and eastern Amazonian [[Brazil]]
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==Habitat==
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Moist forests and montanes.
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==Behaviour==
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Perches high in the forest canopy.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase
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#BF Member observations
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Contopus+nigrescens}}
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Latest revision as of 18:05, 20 April 2022

Photo by arthurgrosset
Carajás, Pará, Brazil, February 2002
Contopus nigrescens

Identification

  • Uniform dark grey
  • Upper mandible is black while its lower one is yellow

Distribution

South America: found in Guyana, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

  • C. n. nigrescens:
  • Eastern slope of Andes of Ecuador (Napo-Pastaza and Santiago-Zamora)
  • C. n. canescens:
  • Eastern Peru (south to Cuzco); southern Guyana (Acari Mts.) and eastern Amazonian Brazil

Habitat

Moist forests and montanes.

Behaviour

Perches high in the forest canopy.

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. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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