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;[[:Category:Myiarchus|Myiarchus]] oberi | ;[[:Category:Myiarchus|Myiarchus]] oberi | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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This species in endemic to the [[Lesser Antilles]] in the [[Caribbean]], occurring in [[St. Kitts]] and [[Nevis]], [[St. Christopher]], [[Barbuda]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Dominica]], [[Martinique]], and [[St. Lucia]]. | This species in endemic to the [[Lesser Antilles]] in the [[Caribbean]], occurring in [[St. Kitts]] and [[Nevis]], [[St. Christopher]], [[Barbuda]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Dominica]], [[Martinique]], and [[St. Lucia]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | The species is divided into four subspecies. It has previously been associated with [[Stolid Flycatcher]] of [[Bahamas]] and the [[Greater Antilles]]. | + | The species is divided into four subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: |
| + | *''M. o. berlepschii'' | ||
| + | *''M. o. oberi'' | ||
| + | *''M. o. sclateri'' | ||
| + | *''M. o. sanctaeluciae'' | ||
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| + | It has previously been associated with [[Stolid Flycatcher]] of [[Bahamas]] and the [[Greater Antilles]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Mostly in forest edge | + | Mostly in forest edge, fruit plantations. |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
Often keeps out of sight of the [[Gray Kingbird]] by sitting on lower branches and flycatching down below the tree or gleaning insects from leaves. | Often keeps out of sight of the [[Gray Kingbird]] by sitting on lower branches and flycatching down below the tree or gleaning insects from leaves. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}# Raffaele et al. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713649054 | ||
| + | #BF member, personal observations | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Myiarchus+oberi}} | {{GSearch|Myiarchus+oberi}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Myiarchus]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Myiarchus]] | ||
Revision as of 02:36, 17 April 2011
- Myiarchus oberi
Identification
Upperside dark olive-grey with two beige wing-bars on wings that otherwise are brown and reddish. Tail has the brown coloring with reddish inner webs. Underside is grey down until the middle of the breast and yellow below that. Bill is broad and black and surrounded by bristles. The tip of the upper mandible is hooked.
Distribution
This species in endemic to the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, occurring in St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Christopher, Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, and St. Lucia.
Taxonomy
The species is divided into four subspecies[1]:
- M. o. berlepschii
- M. o. oberi
- M. o. sclateri
- M. o. sanctaeluciae
It has previously been associated with Stolid Flycatcher of Bahamas and the Greater Antilles.
Habitat
Mostly in forest edge, fruit plantations.
Behaviour
Often keeps out of sight of the Gray Kingbird by sitting on lower branches and flycatching down below the tree or gleaning insects from leaves.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Raffaele et al. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713649054
- BF member, personal observations
