- Empidonax atriceps
Identification
Length: 11.5cm (4.5in); weight: 9g
Sooty-black head with short crest, broad white eye ring, broken at top and forming point behind the eye; bill black above with orangish lower mandible; throat, neck, breast light olive-brown, sometimes looking grayish; belly is buff-yellow; tail and wings are blackish, with 2 pale brown wing-bars; legs black.
The sexes are similar
Juveniles have a browner head with more buffy, paler wing-bars.
Similar species
None, but see Empidonax
Distribution
Costa Rica and western Panama.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
High mountain forests, particularly oak, above 1850m (6000ft). Also forest edges and pastures with scattered trees.
Behaviour
Flycatches like a pewee, hawking insects usually returning to the same open perch. Vibrates or flicks tail on landing. Often appears tame and approachable. Is solitary after the breeding season
Diet
Flies, moths and beetles
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-capped Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-capped_Flycatcher
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