Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Slaty-capped Flycatcher

Leptopogon superciliaris

The Slaty-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon superciliaris) is a 12 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

12 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

8

Recorded in Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago.

Where to see it: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru); Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa (Sergio y Doris) (Ecuador); El Pangán ProAves reserve (Colombia); Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary (Ecuador); Rancho Naturalista (Costa Rica).

Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist