Northern Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus) [XC71236]
by Daniel Lane from 20km NNE Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Imbabura, Ecuador (song)
Northern Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus) [XC317334]
by Richard E. Webster from Upper Ramsey Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, United States (call, trill and peep calls)
Nest
Saucer-shaped composed of moss, liverworts and lichens located on a branch or vine, usually concealed among ferns, bromeliads and other epiphytes about 4 – 27 m above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
2; white with brown blotches. Incubation: 15 – 16 days; by female.
Subspecies
Formerly considered conspecific with Olive Flycatcher (Mitrephanes olivaceus).
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
phaeocercus (Sclater, 1859) - Mountains of eastern and central Mexico south to El Salvador and north-eastern Nicaragua.
tenuirostris Brewster, 1888 - Western Mexico, from Sonora and Chihuahua south to Jalisco.
aurantiiventris (Lawrence, 1865) - Costa Rica and Panama.
berlepschi Hartert, 1902 - Extreme eastern Panama (Cerro Pirre) and north-western Colombia south to north-western Ecuador.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet