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 Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Four subspecies are recognized:

• M.c. hellmayri:

• Eastern Panama to Colombia, western Ecuador and extreme north-western Venezuela

• 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, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rusty-margined Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rusty-margined_Flycatcher

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