Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi)

Other Names (World)
Lesser Antillean Flycatcher, Guadeloupe Flycatcher (oberi)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
19 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lawrence, 1877

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines.

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 (1)...)

Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi) [XC9492]
by Allen T. Chartier from Quilesse Forest Reserve, east of Soufriere, St. Lucia, St Lucia (call)

Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi) [XC9493]
by Jesse Fagan from Quilesse Forest Reserve, east of Soufriere, St. Lucia, St Lucia (call, song)

Subspecies
Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA indicates that this species is sister to Puerto Rican Flycatcher (Myiarchus antillarum). Unpublished analysis also suggests that subspecies sclateri is sister to the other three subspecies. Earlier authors treated sanctaeluciae as a subspecies of Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus) and sclateri as a subspecies of Stolid Flycatcher (Myiarchus stolidus). General clinal increase in size from north to south, but this this pattern "disrupted" on Martinique (sclateri).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

berlepschii Cory, 1888 - St Kitts, St Christopher, Nevis and Barbuda.
oberi Lawrence, 1877 - Guadeloupe and Dominica.
sclateri Lawrence, 1879 - Martinique.
sanctaeluciae Hellmayr & Seilern, 1915 - St Lucia.

References
See References.

Files:

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