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| | A small Myiarchus with a bushy crest and a brownish-black crown contrasting with dull, dark olive upperparts, dull whitish edges to the wing coverts and a hint of rufous on the edge of the primaries. The tail is dark brown with no rufous edging. | | A small Myiarchus with a bushy crest and a brownish-black crown contrasting with dull, dark olive upperparts, dull whitish edges to the wing coverts and a hint of rufous on the edge of the primaries. The tail is dark brown with no rufous edging. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | Southern [[Arizona]] and southwestern corner of [[New Mexico]]; [[Mexico]] south to northern half of [[South America]]. Rare but regular vagrant to [[California]]. Accidental to casual vagrant in [[Nevada]], [[Colorado]], [[Texas]], and [[Oklahoma]]. | + | [[Image:Dusky-capped flycatcher1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|scottishdude|scottishdude}}<br />Rancho Naturalista, [[Costa Rica]], March 2011]] |
| | + | Southern [[Arizona]] and southwestern corner of [[New Mexico]]; [[Mexico]] south to northern half of [[South America]]. |
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| | + | Rare but regular vagrant to [[California]]. |
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| | + | Accidental to casual vagrant in [[Nevada]], [[Colorado]], [[Texas]], and [[Oklahoma]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | There are thirteen recognized subspecies: ''olivascens'', ''tuberculifer'', ''lawrenceii'', ''querolous'', ''platyrhynchus'', ''manens'', ''connectens'', ''littoralis'', ''atriceps'', ''nigricapillus'', ''brunneiceps'', ''pallidus'', and ''nigriceps''. | + | ====Subspecies==== |
| - | | + | There are thirteen recognized subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: |
| | + | *''M. t. olivascens'': South-western [[US]] and north-western [[Mexico]]; winters to Oaxaca |
| | + | *''M. t. lawrenceii'': Eastern Mexico (Nuevo Le¢n) to highlands of [[Guatemala]] |
| | + | *''M. t. querulus'': South-western Mexico (southern Sinaloa to Oaxaca); Tres Marias Islands |
| | + | *''M. t. platyrhynchus'': Cozumel Island (off Yucatan Peninsula of eastern Mexico) |
| | + | *''M. t. manens'': South-eastern Mexico (southern Yucatan Peninsula) |
| | + | *''M. t. connectens'': Guatemala to northern [[Nicaragua]] |
| | + | *''M. t. littoralis'': Pacific coast of south-eastern [[Honduras]] to north-western [[Costa Rica]] |
| | + | *''M. t. nigricapillus'': Extreme south-eastern Nicaragua to Costa Rica and western [[Panama]] |
| | + | *''M. t. brunneiceps'': Tropical eastern Panama and western [[Colombia]] |
| | + | *''M. t. pallidus'': Northern Colombia to northern and western [[Venezuela]] |
| | + | *''M. t. tuberculifer'': Eastern Colombia to [[Suriname]] and Amazonian [[Brazil]]; south-eastern Brazil; [[Trinidad]] |
| | + | *''M. t. nigriceps'': South-western Colombia to western [[Ecuador]] and north-western [[Peru]] |
| | + | *''M. t. atriceps'': Eastern slope of Andes of Ecuador to eastern Peru, [[Bolivia]] and north-western [[Argentina]] |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Humid lowland forests and clearings. | + | A wide variety of habitats from forest and forest edges to secondary growth and disturbed habitat. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | The diet includes insects, and fruits are taken in the winter. | | The diet includes insects, and fruits are taken in the winter. |
| - | | + | ====Breeding==== |
| - | They nest in a tree cavity; 3 brown-marked buff eggs are laid. The young fledge after 13 days. | + | They nest in a tree cavity. The 3 buff eggs are marked with brown. The young fledge after 13 days. |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| - | Wikipedia | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Arthur Grosset |
| | + | #Wikipedia |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Myiarchus+tuberculifer}} | | {{GSearch|Myiarchus+tuberculifer}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]][[category:Myiarchus]] | | [[Category:Birds]][[category:Myiarchus]] |
A small Myiarchus with a bushy crest and a brownish-black crown contrasting with dull, dark olive upperparts, dull whitish edges to the wing coverts and a hint of rufous on the edge of the primaries. The tail is dark brown with no rufous edging.
A wide variety of habitats from forest and forest edges to secondary growth and disturbed habitat.
They nest in a tree cavity. The 3 buff eggs are marked with brown. The young fledge after 13 days.
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