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[[Image:Lesser_Kiskadee.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by njlarsen<br />Location: Gamboa, Panama ]]
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[[Image:Lesser_Kiskadee.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by njlarsen<br />Location: Gamboa, [[Panama]]]]
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
Long,  narrow bill, and very faint rufous edgings on wings and tail.  
 
Long,  narrow bill, and very faint rufous edgings on wings and tail.  
  
Very similar to Great Kiskadee. Best told by smaller size, more slender body (lacks Great's robust, broad-shouldered look), proportionally longer and much narrower bill, and less rufous on wings and tail.  
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====Similar Species====
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Very similar to [[Great Kiskadee]]. Best told by smaller size, more slender body (lacks Great's robust, broad-shouldered look), proportionally longer and much narrower bill, and less rufous on wings and tail.
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Panama]] to northern [[Bolivia]] and southern [[Brazil]].  Also the Carribean lowlands of northern [[South America]].
 
[[Panama]] to northern [[Bolivia]] and southern [[Brazil]].  Also the Carribean lowlands of northern [[South America]].
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==Taxonomy==  
 
==Taxonomy==  
This species has two subspecies, nominate and ''panamensis''
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This species has two subspecies, nominate and ''panamensis''.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Bushy vegetation, dead snags and stubs along shores of lakes, pools, lagoons, sluggish streams, and mangroves. Shares specialized habitat with Great Kiskadee but isn't found along more open, less vegitated banks of larger and faster flowing rivers where the Great Kiskadee is also found.
 
Bushy vegetation, dead snags and stubs along shores of lakes, pools, lagoons, sluggish streams, and mangroves. Shares specialized habitat with Great Kiskadee but isn't found along more open, less vegitated banks of larger and faster flowing rivers where the Great Kiskadee is also found.

Revision as of 19:40, 21 February 2009

Philohydor lictor
Photo by njlarsen
Location: Gamboa, Panama

Identification

Long, narrow bill, and very faint rufous edgings on wings and tail.

Similar Species

Very similar to Great Kiskadee. Best told by smaller size, more slender body (lacks Great's robust, broad-shouldered look), proportionally longer and much narrower bill, and less rufous on wings and tail.

Distribution

Panama to northern Bolivia and southern Brazil. Also the Carribean lowlands of northern South America.

Taxonomy

This species has two subspecies, nominate and panamensis.

Habitat

Bushy vegetation, dead snags and stubs along shores of lakes, pools, lagoons, sluggish streams, and mangroves. Shares specialized habitat with Great Kiskadee but isn't found along more open, less vegitated banks of larger and faster flowing rivers where the Great Kiskadee is also found.

Behaviour

Its voice is a wheezy sneezing quee-be or dree, dear-wr, first note strongest and rising, 2nd and 3rd lower. Mutual display with fluttering wings and "wip wip wip you".

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