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Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
10.3083, -84.8112
Field Notes
Description:
It is sometimes split into two species, with the Social Flycatcher, Myiozetetes texensis, from Costa Rica northwards to Mexico, and the Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher, M. similis proper, from southwest Costa Rica across South America.
The adult is 16–18 cm long and weighs 24–27 g. The head is dark grey with a strong white eyestripe and a usually concealed orange to vermilion crown stripe. The upperparts are olive-brown, and the wings and tail are brown with only faint rufous fringes. The underparts are yellow and the throat is white.
The call is a sharp peeurrr and the dawn song is a chips-k’-cheery.
Habitat:
Social Flycatchers breed in plantations, pasture with some trees, and open woodland from northwestern Mexico south to northeastern Peru, southern Brazil and northwestern Argentina.
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