Gray-breasted Flycatcher (Lathrotriccus griseipectus)

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

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Northwest Peru

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Tumbes, Peru

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Tumbes, Peru

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lambayeque, Peru

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Identification & Behavior: ~13 cm (5.1 in). The Gray-breasted Flycatcher has a gray mantle, head, and breast. The belly is whitish. The wing coverts are black with two white wing bars. The bill is bicolored. It has a pale loral line and a pale eye-ring. It forages in the understory of semi-deciduous forests. It is similar to the Alder Flycatcher but is distinguished by an overall gray plumage, smaller size, and by foraging in the forest interior. The Alder Flycatcher exposes itself at forest edges and scrub. Also, see Bran-colored Flycatcher.

Status: The Gray-breasted Flycatcher is generally uncommon to rare in the semi-deciduous forest of northwest Peru where it is known to range up to 1200 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Ec.

Name in Spanish: Mosquerito de Pecho Gris.

Sub-species: Gray-breasted Flycatcher (Lathrotriccus griseipectus), (Lawrence), 1869.

Meaning of Name: Lathrotriccus: Gr. lathrios= secret and trikkos= unknown small bird. griseipectus: L. griseum= grey and pectus, pectoris= breast.

See more of the Family Tyrannidae  peru aves

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 03/01/2017.