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Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaiusOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Piratic Flycatcher Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Capped, Special (unique patterns or features)
  • Crown Color: Dark olive-brown
  • Forehead Color: Dark olive-brown
  • Nape Color: Dark olive-brown
  • Throat Color: Dull White
  • Cere color: No Data
Piratic Flycatcher Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 15 cm (6 in)
  • Weight: 28 g (1 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: White, Brown, Yellow, Olive
  • Underparts: Pale yellow with streaking.
  • Upperparts: Dark olive-brown
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked
Piratic Flycatcher Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering flight with swallow wing beats.
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Dark Brown
  • Under Tail: Dark Brown
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family Flycatcher (Tyrannidae)_blue
Species Legatus leucophaius
Length6 Inches
Wingspan Inches

Piratic Flycatcher

Piratic Flycatcher: Small olive-brown flycatcher has brown crown, white face with dark eye-line and moustache stripe, white throat shading to pale yellow on belly, and faint dark streaks on breast, sides. Dark wings have two bars; pale feather edges. Dark tail has pale feather edges.

● Song: "whiye'eee", "pee-e-e-e", "titititi", "pee-de-de-de"

● Foraging & Feeding: Piratic Flycatcher: Feeds on insects during the breeding season; eats fruits at other times.

● Breeding & nesting: Piratic Flycatcher: Two or three gray-brown eggs blotched with brown are laid in a closed nest taken from other birds by harassment; throws out eggs or nestlings if present. Stolen nests are lined with dead leaves.

● Similar species: Piratic Flycatcher: Ash-throated Flycatcher is larger and lacks streaks on breast and sides.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flight with swallow wing beats.
Piratic Flycatcher Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Piratic Flycatcher: Breeds from southeast Mexico to northwest Ecuador. Spends winters in South America. Frequents open country with scattered trees and forest edges.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationMigratory
Weight1 Ounces