Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Sublegatus (3 species)


Northern Scrub Flycatcher
Northern Scrub Flycatcher (Sublegatus arenarum atrirostris)
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to the Guianas
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note bright yellow only on the belly. Throat and wing bars mostly white, and not yellow like many similar species (Forest Elaenia, Yellow-olive Flatbill). Head and back same color. Tail tip may be white. Bill usually black, but immatures may have flesh-colored lower mandible. Often seen at eye-level.

Southern Scrub Flycatcher
Southern Scrub Flycatcher (Sublegatus modestus)
Range: SA: sc, e, se
Altiplano Leste, Brasilia, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Austral migrant to southern Amazon, and a bit smaller than Amazonian Scrub Flycatcher. Note crest compared to uncrested but somewhat similar Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet.

Amazonian Scrub Flycatcher
Amazonian Scrub Flycatcher (Sublegatus obscurior)
Range: SA: Amazonia
Pte. Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Additional photo.


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