Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tityridae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Esmeraldas, Ecuador

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Esmeraldas, Ecuador

northern_schiffornis
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Esmeraldas, Ecuador

northern_schiffornis
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Identification & Behavior:~16 cm (6.2 in). The Northern Schiffornis is olive-gray with a tinge of brown on the throat and crown. It forages in the forest understory where it often perches on vertical stems. It superficially resembles a Gray-breasted Flycatcher but is distinguished by a much darker and uniform olive-gray plumage. It does not overlap with the closely related Foothill Schiffornis.

Status: The Northern Schiffornis is rare in the humid and semideciduous forest of extreme northwest Peru, in Tumbes.  It also occurs in Ec.

Name in Spanish: Shifornis Norteño.

Sub-species: Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis rosenbergi), (E. Hartert), 1898.

Meaning of Name: Schiffornis: In honor of Prof. Dr. J. Moritz Schiff (1823-1896) German surgeon, pioneer anatomist, physiologist and Gr. ornis, ornithos= bird. veraepacis: L. verus= true and pax, pacis= peace.

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Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.