Southern Scrub Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies S. m. brevirostris
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Near Dean Funes in route to Tafi del Valle, Córdoba Province, Argentina, 6 October 2019

Sublegatus modestus

Identification

13 cm (5 in)

• Greyish-brown upperparts
• Pale supercilium
• Dusky-grey wings
• Light grey wing bars

Distribution

South America,: found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay andArgentina

Subspecies S. m. modestus
Photo © by Francisco Paludo
Potengi, CE, Brazil, July 2017

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• S. m. modestus:

• Tropical eastern Peru to eastern Brazil (Maranhão, Pernambuco and Paraná)

• S. m. brevirostris:

• East Bolivia to Paraguay, Uruguay and central Argentina

Habitat

They breed in dry scrub and open deciduous woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of arthropods.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Nov 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Southern Scrub Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Southern_Scrub_Flycatcher

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