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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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13.5 cm
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* Warm rufescent brown crown, tinged olive with a semi-concealed orange-rufous coronal patch
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* Narrow yellowish-white broken eyering
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* Olive-brown upperparts
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* Dusky or blackish wings with two broad rufous wingbars, rufous-edged remiges, buffier on edges of tertials
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* Dusky brown tail with indistinct dark rufous margins
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* Dull greyish-white throat
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* Dull greyish-olive breast and flanks, belly pale yellow in centre
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* Broad bill with greyish-brown upper mandible and dull orange-yellow lower mandible
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Sexes similar, females without coronal patch.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Guyana]], [[Peru]], and [[Venezuela]].  
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[[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Guyana]], [[Peru]], and [[Venezuela]].<br />
 
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Fairly common in the northern part of its range, rare to uncommon and very local in Andes (''rufipennis'') and only recently recorded in [[Bolivia]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Three subspecies recognized:
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* ''M. r. roraimae'' from southeast [[Colombia]] to eastern [[Ecuador]], southern [[Venezuela]], west [[Guyana]] and west [[Brazil]]
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* ''M. r. sadiecoatsae'' in the Tepuis of south [[Venezuela]] (Bolívar and Amazonas)
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* ''M. r. rufipennis'' locally in southeast [[Peru]] (San Martín to Puno)
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist montanes.
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Low and middle growth in moist montanes on slopes of tepuis and sandy-soil forests of outlying Andean ridges.<br />
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Occurs at 1300 to 1800 m on tepuis, at 900 to 2000 m on Cerro de la Neblina (subspecies sadiecoatsae) in [[Venezuela]] (down to 500 m on Brazilian side), 1100 to 1700 m in Andean region.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Feeds on insects.<br />
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Forages singly or in small groups of up to three birds, usually not in mixes-species flockes.<br />
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Perches on a low dark perch, then sallies short distances to catch prey from leaves, twogs, air or the ground.
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====Breeding====
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No information available.
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====Movements====
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This is a resident species.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2016)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Myiophobus+roraimae}}
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Myiophobus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Myiophobus]]

Latest revision as of 17:26, 22 August 2016

Myiophobus roraimae

Identification

13.5 cm

  • Warm rufescent brown crown, tinged olive with a semi-concealed orange-rufous coronal patch
  • Narrow yellowish-white broken eyering
  • Olive-brown upperparts
  • Dusky or blackish wings with two broad rufous wingbars, rufous-edged remiges, buffier on edges of tertials
  • Dusky brown tail with indistinct dark rufous margins
  • Dull greyish-white throat
  • Dull greyish-olive breast and flanks, belly pale yellow in centre
  • Broad bill with greyish-brown upper mandible and dull orange-yellow lower mandible

Sexes similar, females without coronal patch.

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.
Fairly common in the northern part of its range, rare to uncommon and very local in Andes (rufipennis) and only recently recorded in Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Three subspecies recognized:

  • M. r. roraimae from southeast Colombia to eastern Ecuador, southern Venezuela, west Guyana and west Brazil
  • M. r. sadiecoatsae in the Tepuis of south Venezuela (Bolívar and Amazonas)
  • M. r. rufipennis locally in southeast Peru (San Martín to Puno)

Habitat

Low and middle growth in moist montanes on slopes of tepuis and sandy-soil forests of outlying Andean ridges.
Occurs at 1300 to 1800 m on tepuis, at 900 to 2000 m on Cerro de la Neblina (subspecies sadiecoatsae) in Venezuela (down to 500 m on Brazilian side), 1100 to 1700 m in Andean region.

Behaviour

Diet

Feeds on insects.
Forages singly or in small groups of up to three birds, usually not in mixes-species flockes.
Perches on a low dark perch, then sallies short distances to catch prey from leaves, twogs, air or the ground.

Breeding

No information available.

Movements

This is a resident species.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2016)

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