Tawny-chested Flycatcher (Aphanotriccus capitalis)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvin, 1865)

Habitat
Mature secondary and evergreen forest, usually in dense understorey vegetation on the forest edges, along forest streams and in natural forest clearings. From c.900 m - 1,050 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica (B) (NB), Nicaragua (B) (NB).

Caribbean slope of eastern and south-eastern Nicaragua and northern Costa Rica.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction, degradation and fragmenattion due to logging, conversion to banana plantations and cattle-ranch expansion, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A rapid phrase, with last note loudest, 'chee chee spt't cheew' or 'chit it-it chee'yew'. Sometimes longer and more elaborate.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (12)...)

Tawny-chested Flycatcher (Aphanotriccus capitalis) [XC884462]
by Robin Carter from M\u00e1bita , Gracias a Dios, Honduras (call, song)

Tawny-chested Flycatcher (Aphanotriccus capitalis) [XC338426]
by Johan Chaves from Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Tawny-chested Flycatcher (Aphanotriccus capitalis) - 10 files

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