Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaiusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Codes: Common Name: PIFL Scientific Name: LEGLEU ITIS Taxonomic No.: 560747

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Piratic Flycatcher Breeding Male Portrait

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Piratic Flycatcher

Piratic Flycatcher: Small olive-brown flycatcher has brown crown, white face with dark eye-line and moustache stripe, white throat shading to pale yellow on belly, and faint dark streaks on breast, sides. Dark wings have two bars; pale feather edges. Dark tail has pale feather edges.

● Song: "whiye'eee", "pee-e-e-e", "titititi", "pee-de-de-de"

● Foraging & Feeding: Piratic Flycatcher: Feeds on insects during the breeding season; eats fruits at other times.

● Breeding & nesting: Piratic Flycatcher: Two or three gray-brown eggs blotched with brown are laid in a closed nest taken from other birds by harassment; throws out eggs or nestlings if present. Stolen nests are lined with dead leaves.

● Similar species: Piratic Flycatcher: Ash-throated Flycatcher is larger and lacks streaks on breast and sides.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flight with swallow wing beats.

Piratic Flycatcher Breeding Male Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Piratic Flycatcher: Breeds from southeast Mexico to northwest Ecuador. Spends winters in South America. Frequents open country with scattered trees and forest edges.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^Population

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight1 Ounces

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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