Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

The Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) is a 22 g forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

22 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

20

Recorded in Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Panama, Ecuador, Belize, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago, Bolivia, Honduras, Suriname, GF, Guatemala, Guyana, United States, Nicaragua, Paraguay.

Where to see it: Via Escuque-La Palma—Sector Campo Alegre y Areas Circunvecinas (Venezuela); Route de Guatemala - Ouest du carrefour (French Guiana); Peperpot Nature Park (Suriname); Surama EcoLodge (Guyana); Camp Bonaventure (French Guiana).

Photo: (c) Daniel Hincapie, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist