- Sakesphorus canadensis
Identification
16cm
Male
- Head mainly black
- Conspicuous crest
- Narrow white collar
- Whitish underparts
- Browny-grey flanks
- Brown back
- Black wings with white edges
- White tips to the tail.
Female
- Chestnut crest
- Pale brown face with black specks
- Black streaks on buffy breast.
Distribution
Trinidad, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil and northeastern Peru.
Taxonomy
There are 8 subspecies.
Habitat
Light woodland, scrub, savanna, shrubs and trees close to the water's edge.
Behaviour
Breeding
A deep cup nest is suspended below a branch or vine and 2 purple-lined white eggs are laid; they are incubated by both sexes for 14 days, the female always brooding at night. The chicks fledge in another 12 days.
Diet
The diet includes insects, arthropods, small lizards and berries.
References
- Arthur Grosset
