Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Pomac, Lambayeque
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Pomac, Lambayeque
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Piura
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Pomac, Lambayeque
Identification & Behavior: ~18.5 cm (7.2 in). The rufous Flycatcher is mostly rufous except for the mantle and head, which are gray-brown. It has a crest the bird often erects. The bill is black. It forages in the midstory and subcanopy of thin and sparse woodlands and adjacent scrub. It is similar to a female One-colored Becard and Slaty Becard but is distinguished by larger size, by having the head and mantle rufous-brown, and by foraging in generally drier habitats.
Status: Endemic. The Rufous Flycatcher is uncommon and restricted to the dry habitats of the northwestern lowlands.
Name in Spanish: Copetón Rufo.
Sub-species: Rufous Flycatcher (Myiarchus semirufus), P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1878.
Meaning of Name: Myiarchus: Gr. muia, muias= fly and arkhos, arkho= ruler, chief. semirufus: L. semi, semissis = half and and rufus= rufous.
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- 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.