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| name = Venezuelan flycatcher |
| name = Venezuelan flycatcher |
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| status = LC |
| status = LC |
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| status_system = IUCN3.1 |
| status_system = IUCN3.1 |
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| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Myiarchus venezuelensis'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22700408A93774069 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700408A93774069.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |
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| genus = Myiarchus |
| genus = Myiarchus |
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| species = venezuelensis |
| species = venezuelensis |
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| authority = [[George Newbold Lawrence|Lawrence]], 1865 |
| authority = [[George Newbold Lawrence|Lawrence]], 1865 |
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| range_map = Myiarchus venezuelensis map.svg |
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The '''Venezuelan flycatcher''' (''Myiarchus venezuelensis'') is a [[passerine]] [[bird]] in the [[tyrant flycatcher]] family. It was formerly considered to be a race of the [[short-crested flycatcher]], ''Myiarchus ferox'', but the two species overlap without interbreeding in [[Venezuela]], and the calls are different. |
The '''Venezuelan flycatcher''' ('''''Myiarchus venezuelensis''''') is a [[passerine]] [[bird]] in the [[tyrant flycatcher]] family. It was formerly considered to be a race of the [[short-crested flycatcher]], ''Myiarchus ferox'', but the two species overlap without interbreeding in [[Venezuela]], and the calls are different. |
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It breeds in forest and deciduous woodland in northeastern [[Colombia]], northern Venezuela and [[Tobago]]. The nest is built in a tree cavity. |
It breeds in forest and deciduous woodland in northeastern [[Colombia]], northern Venezuela and [[Tobago]]. The nest is built in a tree cavity. |
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[[Category:Myiarchus|Venezuelan flycatcher]] |
[[Category:Myiarchus|Venezuelan flycatcher]] |
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[[Category:Birds of Venezuela]] |
[[Category:Birds of Venezuela]] |
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Latest revision as of 22:24, 15 November 2022
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Myiarchus |
| Species: | M. venezuelensis
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| Myiarchus venezuelensis Lawrence, 1865
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The Venezuelan flycatcher (Myiarchus venezuelensis) is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It was formerly considered to be a race of the short-crested flycatcher, Myiarchus ferox, but the two species overlap without interbreeding in Venezuela, and the calls are different.
It breeds in forest and deciduous woodland in northeastern Colombia, northern Venezuela and Tobago. The nest is built in a tree cavity.
Adult Venezuelan flycatchers are 19 cm long and weigh 24.4g. The upperparts are brown, with the head and short crest darker than the back. The breast is grey and the belly is yellow. The brown tail feathers and wings have narrow rufous outer webs. Sexes are similar, but young birds have broader rufous edgings.
This species is best separated from other confusingly similar Myiarchus species by its call, a whistled wheeerrrr.
The Venezuelan flycatcher is insectivorous and catches its prey amongst the higher branches of trees.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myiarchus venezuelensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22700408A93774069. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700408A93774069.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ffrench, Richard (1991). A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago (2nd ed.). Comstock Publishing. ISBN 0-8014-9792-2.
- Hilty, Steven L (2003). Birds of Venezuela. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-6418-5.