Northern Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus mexicanus)

Family
Tityridae (Tityras And Allies)

Size
16 - 16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1857)

Habitat
Subtropical tropical lowland moist forest, swamp forest. Also rivers, streams and creeks. From sea-level - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela.

Southern and eastern Mexico south to Panama.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Northern Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus mexicanus) [XC226898]
by Peter Boesman from Bonampak, Chiapas, Mexico (call)

Northern Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus mexicanus) [XC274024]
by Peter Boesman from Carara NP area, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)

Subspecies
Onychorhynchus coronatus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was split into Amazonian Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus), Pacific Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus occidentalis), Northern Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus mexicanus) and Atlantic Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus swainsoni) following Stotz et al. (1996) contra SACC (2005), pending the outcome of investigation into the taxonomy of this group by SACC.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Amazonian Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

mexicanus (Sclater, PL, 1857) - Southern and eastern Mexico south to Panama. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Northern Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus mexicanus).
fraterculus Bangs, 1902 - Northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Northern Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus mexicanus) - 10 files

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