Piratic Flycatcher

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.

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