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[[Image:Dusky-cappedFlycatcher8.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br /> Silanche Bird Sanctuary near Mindo, [[Ecuador]], December,  2007]]
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[[Image:Dusky-cappedFlycatcher8.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''nigriceps''<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br /> Silanche Bird Sanctuary near Mindo, [[Ecuador]], December,  2007]]
  
 
;[[: Category:Myiarchus|Myiarchus]] tuberculifer
 
;[[: Category:Myiarchus|Myiarchus]] tuberculifer
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
A small Myiarchus with a bushy crest and a brownish-black crown contrasting with dull, dark olive upperparts, dull whitish edges to the wing coverts and a hint of rufous on the edge of the primaries. The tail is dark brown with no rufous edging.
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A small Myiarchus (15–17 cm; 6-6¾ in)
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*Bushy crest
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*Brownish-black crown
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*Dull, dark olive upperparts
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*Dull whitish edges to the wing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]] and a hint of rufous on the edge of the [[Topography#General Anatomy|primaries]]
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*Dark brown tail with no rufous edging
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====Variations====
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[[Image:Dusky-capped flycatcher1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''nigricapillus''<br />Photo by {{user|scottishdude|scottishdude}}<br />Rancho Naturalista, [[Costa Rica]], March 2011]]
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The color of the crown and sides of head varies among subspecies with especially northern birds brownish (or sometimes brownish-grey) while [[South America]]n populations usually are blacker.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Southern [[Arizona]] and southwestern corner of [[New Mexico]]; [[Mexico]] south to northern half of [[South America]]. Rare but regular vagrant to [[California]]. Accidental to casual vagrant in [[Nevada]], [[Colorado]], [[Texas]], and [[Oklahoma]].
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Southern [[Arizona]] and southwestern corner of [[New Mexico]]; [[Mexico]] south to northern half of [[South America]].
  
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Rare but regular vagrant to [[California]].
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Accidental to casual vagrant in [[Nevada]], [[Colorado]], [[Texas]], and [[Oklahoma]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
There are thirteen recognized subspecies: ''olivascens'', ''tuberculifer'', ''lawrenceii'', ''querolous'', ''platyrhynchus'', ''manens'', ''connectens'', ''littoralis'', ''atriceps'', ''nigricapillus'', ''brunneiceps'', ''pallidus'', and ''nigriceps''.
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====Subspecies====
 
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[[Image:Dusky-capped-Flycatcher-DSC.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Subspecies ''brunneiceps''<br />Photo by {{user|njlarsen|njlarsen}}<br />PN Metropolitano, Panama City, [[Panama]], January 2008]]
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There are thirteen recognized subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''M. t. olivascens'': South-western [[US]] and north-western [[Mexico]]; winters to Oaxaca
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*''M. t. lawrenceii'': Eastern Mexico (Nuevo León) to highlands of [[Guatemala]]
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*''M. t. querulus'': South-western Mexico (southern Sinaloa to Oaxaca); Tres Marias Islands
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*''M. t. platyrhynchus'': Cozumel Island (off Yucatan Peninsula of eastern Mexico)
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*''M. t. manens'': South-eastern Mexico (southern Yucatan Peninsula)
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*''M. t. connectens'': Guatemala to northern [[Nicaragua]]
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*''M. t. littoralis'': Pacific coast of south-eastern [[Honduras]] to north-western [[Costa Rica]]
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*''M. t. nigricapillus'': Extreme south-eastern Nicaragua to Costa Rica and western [[Panama]]
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*''M. t. brunneiceps'': Tropical eastern Panama and western [[Colombia]]
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*''M. t. pallidus'': Northern Colombia to northern and western [[Venezuela]]
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*''M. t. tuberculifer'': Eastern Colombia to [[Suriname]] and Amazonian [[Brazil]]; south-eastern Brazil; [[Trinidad]]
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*''M. t. nigriceps'': South-western Colombia to western [[Ecuador]] and north-western [[Peru]]
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*''M. t. atriceps'': Eastern slope of Andes of Ecuador to eastern Peru, [[Bolivia]] and north-western [[Argentina]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Humid lowland forests and clearings.  
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A wide variety of habitats from forest and forest edges to secondary growth and disturbed habitat.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
The diet includes insects, and fruits are taken in the winter.
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[[Image:3337429 3000.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Subspecies ''olivascens'' <br />Photo by {{user|Michael+W|Michael W}}<br />[[Madera Canyon]], [[Arizona]], [[USA]], June 2005]]
 
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====Diet====
They nest in a tree cavity; 3 brown-marked buff eggs are laid. The young fledge after 13 days.
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The diet consists of many insects, such as grasshoppers, termites, mayflies, flies and damselflies. With fruits added in the winter.
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====Breeding====
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They nest in a tree cavity. The 3 buff eggs are marked with brown. The young fledge after 13 days.
 
==References==
 
==References==
Wikipedia
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Arthur Grosset
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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Latest revision as of 20:51, 19 September 2023

Subspecies nigriceps
Photo by Stanley Jones
Silanche Bird Sanctuary near Mindo, Ecuador, December, 2007
Myiarchus tuberculifer

Identification

A small Myiarchus (15–17 cm; 6-6¾ in)

  • Bushy crest
  • Brownish-black crown
  • Dull, dark olive upperparts
  • Dull whitish edges to the wing coverts and a hint of rufous on the edge of the primaries
  • Dark brown tail with no rufous edging

Variations

Subspecies nigricapillus
Photo by scottishdude
Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica, March 2011

The color of the crown and sides of head varies among subspecies with especially northern birds brownish (or sometimes brownish-grey) while South American populations usually are blacker.

Distribution

Southern Arizona and southwestern corner of New Mexico; Mexico south to northern half of South America.

Rare but regular vagrant to California.

Accidental to casual vagrant in Nevada, Colorado, Texas, and Oklahoma.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Subspecies brunneiceps
Photo by njlarsen
PN Metropolitano, Panama City, Panama, January 2008

There are thirteen recognized subspecies[1]:

  • M. t. olivascens: South-western US and north-western Mexico; winters to Oaxaca
  • M. t. lawrenceii: Eastern Mexico (Nuevo León) to highlands of Guatemala
  • M. t. querulus: South-western Mexico (southern Sinaloa to Oaxaca); Tres Marias Islands
  • M. t. platyrhynchus: Cozumel Island (off Yucatan Peninsula of eastern Mexico)
  • M. t. manens: South-eastern Mexico (southern Yucatan Peninsula)
  • M. t. connectens: Guatemala to northern Nicaragua
  • M. t. littoralis: Pacific coast of south-eastern Honduras to north-western Costa Rica
  • M. t. nigricapillus: Extreme south-eastern Nicaragua to Costa Rica and western Panama
  • M. t. brunneiceps: Tropical eastern Panama and western Colombia
  • M. t. pallidus: Northern Colombia to northern and western Venezuela
  • M. t. tuberculifer: Eastern Colombia to Suriname and Amazonian Brazil; south-eastern Brazil; Trinidad
  • M. t. nigriceps: South-western Colombia to western Ecuador and north-western Peru
  • M. t. atriceps: Eastern slope of Andes of Ecuador to eastern Peru, Bolivia and north-western Argentina

Habitat

A wide variety of habitats from forest and forest edges to secondary growth and disturbed habitat.

Behaviour

Subspecies olivascens
Photo by Michael W
Madera Canyon, Arizona, USA, June 2005

Diet

The diet consists of many insects, such as grasshoppers, termites, mayflies, flies and damselflies. With fruits added in the winter.

Breeding

They nest in a tree cavity. The 3 buff eggs are marked with brown. The young fledge after 13 days.

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. Arthur Grosset
  3. Wikipedia

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