Rufous-breasted flycatcher

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Rufous-breasted flycatcher
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Leptopogon
Species:
L. rufipectus
Binomial name
Leptopogon rufipectus
(Lafresnaye, 1846)
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Synonyms
  • Leptopogon erythrops

The rufous-breasted flycatcher (Leptopogon rufipectus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, far northwestern Peru and far western Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The rufous-breasted flycatcher can often be detected by its sharp, squeaky call, which it often gives while foraging with mixed species flocks. [2]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Leptopogon rufipectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22698807A110727665. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22698807A110727665.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Schulenberg, T. S.; Johnson, T. (2012). T. S. Schulenberg (ed.). "Rufous-breasted Flycatcher Leptopogon rufipectus (Introduction) version 1.0". Neotropical Birds Online. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/nb.rubfly2.01 . Retrieved 19 September 2019.