Western slope of Andes in western Ecuador, and northern Peru.
Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through heavy grazing by goats and cattle, uncontrolled fires, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
Usually alone or in pairs, perching inconspicuously in shady vine-tangles, from which it makes aerial sallies into sunlit gaps.
Voice
Song is a burry 'zhweéur zhweer-zhwer-zhwer'. Most vocal during rainy season.
Grey-breasted Flycatcher (Lathrotriccus griseipectus) [XC704615]
by Jerome Fischer from Jorupe NR, Loja, Ecuador (call)
Grey-breasted Flycatcher (Lathrotriccus griseipectus) [XC512457]
by Peter de Rouw from Jorupe NR, Loja, Ecuador (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus formerly included within Empidonax.
Similar Species
Greyer than all other similar flycatchers, except sympatric race of Southern Tropical Pewee (Contopus cinereus), which is larger, lacks bold wing-bars and eye-ring, and behaves very differently.
References
See References.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet