Three-striped Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Lcverissimo
Intervales State Park, Ribeirão Grande, SP, Brazil, June 2017

Conopias trivirgatus

Identification

13·5–14·5 cm (5¼-5¾ in)

• Dusky brown crown and head sides
• Long white supercilium completely encircling the crown

Similar species

It differs from the similar Social Flycatcher in having no white on the throat and having a different voice. It differs from Yellow-throated Flycatcher in being smaller, having a browner crown and having more contrasting wings and back.

Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

Taxonomy

The scientific name has been spelled trivirgata.

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]

• C. t. berlepschi:

• South Venezuela (Bolívar) to north-eastern Peru and lower Amazonian Brazil

• C. t. trivirgatus:

• South East Brazil (south-eastern Bahia to Paraná) to eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina

Habitat

They occupy the canopy and borders of humid forests and várzea; generally below 300 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Three-striped Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Three-striped_Flycatcher

External Links

Search for photos of Three-striped Flycatcher in the gallery