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Serpophaga cinerea

[edit] Identification

A small (11.5cm, 4.5"), mostly grey flycatcher always associated with water. Dark head, wings and tail, light grey body with whitish underparts. Easily identified when habitat is taken into account.

[edit] Distribution

Andes mountains between 700 and 3100m. Costa Rica, northern Bolivia and northwestern Venezuela.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Rushing rivers and streams. Occasionally ranges into nearby wet pastures or gravel roads.

[edit] Behaviour

Usually in pairs, foraging along banks on on rocks in the middle of streams, occasionally sallying for insects in the air.

It builds a cup nest, lined with feathers and covered with moss on the outside, on a branch up to 4 m high over water, or on a rocky shore. 2 unmarked pale buff or whitish eggs are laid.

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