A large tyrant flycatcher...plumage
is very variable...active, aggressive
and noisy... usually seen alone.
Attila spadiceus
(L 7" WS 13" Wt 1.4 oz)
Chan Chich Lodge area
09Mar2019
© Curtis
Marantz
Macaulay
Library
Attila is after the king of the
Hunnish hordes that ravaged
Europe in the 5th Cent; spadiceus
in Latin means bright brown.
Attila the Hen
(Clement Freud referring to
Margaret Thatcher)