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Revision as of 23:37, 29 December 2013
Alternative name: Rufous-breasted Leptopogon
- Leptopogon rufipectus
Identification
13cm.
- Slate-grey crown
- Cinnamon rufous mottled lores and face
- Rufous auricular patch bordered posteriorly by dusky crescent
- Dark olive upperparts
- Dusky wings with indistinct wingbars and buffy edges of remiges
- Warm buffy olive tail
- Bright cinnamon-rufous throat and broad breastband
- Yellow rest of underparts, cinnamon-olive thighs
- Long bill
Sexes similar, females slightly smaller. Juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
Andes of Colombia, eastern Ecuador, northern Peru, and western Venezuela.
Rare to locally fairly common.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Birds from the northeast of the range described as race venezuelanus but generally not accepted.
Forms a superspecies with Inca Flycatcher.
Habitat
Found in mossy cloudforest and other upper montane wet forest. Occasionally in second growth.
Occurs at 1500-2700m, most common above 1900m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on arthropods. Takes also some small fruits and berries.
An inconspicuous species, forages out of shady perches in lower canopy and mid-storey.
Often in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding
No information.
Movements
Presumably a resident species.
References
- 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/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2004. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334696
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rufous-breasted Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-breasted_Flycatcher
