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[[Image:Eulers_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Fritz73|Fritz73}}<br />Isla Cerrito, Chaco, [[Argentina]], 2004]]
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[[Image:Euler s Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />South Wild, south of Poconê, Mato Grosso, [[Brazil]], August 2015]]
 
;[[:Category:Lathrotriccus|Lathrotriccus]] euleri
 
;[[:Category:Lathrotriccus|Lathrotriccus]] euleri
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
13cm
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12·7–13·5 cm (5-5¼ in)
 
*Brown olive above
 
*Brown olive above
 
*Pale yellow belly
 
*Pale yellow belly
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:*Extreme eastern [[Colombia]] to northern [[Venezuela]] and [[Suriname]]; [[Trinidad]]
 
:*Extreme eastern [[Colombia]] to northern [[Venezuela]] and [[Suriname]]; [[Trinidad]]
 
*''L. e. bolivianus'':
 
*''L. e. bolivianus'':
:*Eastern [[Ecuador]] to northern [[Bolivia]], southern Venezuela and Amazonian [[Brazil ]]
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:*Eastern [[Ecuador]] to northern [[Bolivia]], southern Venezuela and Amazonian [[Brazil]]
 
*''L. e. argentinus'':
 
*''L. e. argentinus'':
 
:*Eastern [[Bolivia]] to [[Paraguay]] and northern [[Argentina]]; winters to eastern Brazil
 
:*Eastern [[Bolivia]] to [[Paraguay]] and northern [[Argentina]]; winters to eastern Brazil
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An additional subspecies ''johnstonei'' is generally considered to be invalid<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
 
An additional subspecies ''johnstonei'' is generally considered to be invalid<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Woodland, humid forest, forest borders, often near bamboo.
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Woodland, humid forest, secondary growth, open forest borders, often near bamboo.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
The diet includes insects, beetles and spiders.
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====Diet====
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The diet includes insects, beetles, bugs, ants, cicadas and spiders.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thOct12}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Avibase
 
#Arthur Grosset
 
#Arthur Grosset
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2016)
 
#Wikipedia
 
#Wikipedia
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Lathrotriccus+euleri}}  
 
{{GSearch|Lathrotriccus+euleri}}  
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Lathrotriccus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Lathrotriccus]]

Revision as of 23:07, 8 January 2016

Photo by Stanley Jones
South Wild, south of Poconê, Mato Grosso, Brazil, August 2015
Lathrotriccus euleri

Identification

12·7–13·5 cm (5-5¼ in)

  • Brown olive above
  • Pale yellow belly
  • White throat
  • Brown breast
  • 2 pale buff wing-bars
  • Flat bill, black upper mandible and a yellow lower mandible

Distribution

Caribbean and South America:
Caribbean: Lesser Antilles and Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 5 subspecies[1]:

  • L. e. flaviventris:
  • L. e. lawrencei:
  • L. e. bolivianus:
  • L. e. argentinus:
  • L. e. euleri:
  • South-eastern Brazil to north-eastern Argentina; winters to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

An additional subspecies johnstonei is generally considered to be invalid[2].

Habitat

Woodland, humid forest, secondary growth, open forest borders, often near bamboo.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects, beetles, bugs, ants, cicadas and spiders.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Arthur Grosset
  4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2016)
  5. Wikipedia

External Links

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