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[[Image:Lesser_Kiskadee.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|njlarsen|njlarsen}} <br />Gamboa, [[Panama]]]]
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[[Image:Lesser_Kiskadee_jmorlan.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''P. l. lictor''<br/>Photo &copy; by {{user|jmorlan|Joseph Morlan}} <br />Rio Amazonas, Iquitos, [[Peru]], 9 June 2019]]
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;[[:Category:Philohydor|Philohydor]] lictor
''Philohydor lictor''
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''Pitangus lictor''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Long,  narrow bill, and very faint rufous edgings on wings and tail.  
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15–18 cm (6-7 in)<br>
 
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Bold black facial stripes, crown with large bright yellow coronal patch (semi-concealed), white eyebrows connecting or nearly so on nape, Long,  narrow bill.  Back and wings dark brown with faint rufous edgings on wings and tail. Bright yellow underparts.  White throat.
 
====Similar Species====
 
====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.
 
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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[[Image:Lesser_Kiskadee.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''P. l. panamensis''<br/>Photo &copy; by {{user|njlarsen|Neil J. Larsen}} <br />Gamboa, [[Panama]], 20 December 2007]]
 
==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]].
  
 
==Taxonomy==  
 
==Taxonomy==  
This species has two subspecies, nominate and ''panamensis''.<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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This is a [[Dictionary_P-S#P|polytypic]] species with two subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br />
 
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Placed in monotypic genus [[:Category:Philohydor|Philohydor]] by some authors.<sup>[[#References|[2]]][[#References|[5]]]</sup> following a recommendation by Lanyon (1984).
Placed in genus [[:Category:Philohydor|Philohydor]] by some authors.<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>
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====Subspecies====
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*''P. l. panamensis'':
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:*Eastern [[Panama]] to northern [[Colombia]]
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*''P. l. lictor'':
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:*Eastern Colombia to the [[Guianas]], eastern [[Bolivia]], Amazonian and eastern [[Brazil]]
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Breeding====
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Nest is a simple cup completely unlike the large basket nest of the Great Kiskadee.
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====Diet====
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Insects.  Usually forages from lower levels near water, not in canopy.
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====Vocalisations====
 
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".
 
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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====Movements====
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Probably resident.
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==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker10}}  
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker19V9.2}#{{Ref-HM04.1}}#Lanyon, Wesley Edwin (1984). A phylogeny of the kingbirds and their allies. American Museum Novitates, Number 2797. New York: American Museum of Natural History. p. 23.
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#Lesser Kiskadee (''Pitangus lictor''), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/leskis1
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#Mobley, J. (2019). Lesser Kiskadee (''Philohydor lictor''). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/57462 on 2 July 2019).
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch| "Philohydor lictor" {{!}} "Pitangus lictor" {{!}} "Lesser Kiskadee"}}
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Latest revision as of 15:15, 5 September 2023

Subspecies P. l. lictor
Photo © by Joseph Morlan
Rio Amazonas, Iquitos, Peru, 9 June 2019
Philohydor lictor

Pitangus lictor

Identification

15–18 cm (6-7 in)
Bold black facial stripes, crown with large bright yellow coronal patch (semi-concealed), white eyebrows connecting or nearly so on nape, Long, narrow bill. Back and wings dark brown with faint rufous edgings on wings and tail. Bright yellow underparts. White throat.

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.

Subspecies P. l. panamensis
Photo © by Neil J. Larsen
Gamboa, Panama, 20 December 2007

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

This is a polytypic species with two subspecies[1].
Placed in monotypic genus Philohydor by some authors.[2][5] following a recommendation by Lanyon (1984).

Subspecies

  • P. l. panamensis:
  • P. l. lictor:

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

Breeding

Nest is a simple cup completely unlike the large basket nest of the Great Kiskadee.

Diet

Insects. Usually forages from lower levels near water, not in canopy.

Vocalisations

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".

Movements

Probably resident.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. {{Ref-GillDonsker19V9.2}#Christidis et al. 2018. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, version 4.1 (Downloadable checklist). Accessed from https://www.howardandmoore.org.
  3. Lanyon, Wesley Edwin (1984). A phylogeny of the kingbirds and their allies. American Museum Novitates, Number 2797. New York: American Museum of Natural History. p. 23.
  4. Lesser Kiskadee (Pitangus lictor), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/leskis1
  5. Mobley, J. (2019). Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/57462 on 2 July 2019).

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