Mitrephanes phaeocercus
(L 5" Wt 0.30 oz)
Ranges from eastern U.S.
to north South America.
CATIE
08Feb2010
(Centro Agronómico Tropical
de Investigación y Enseñanza)
© Geoffrey
A. Keller
Macaulay
Library
Mitrephanes is Greek for
shining cap or headdress;
phaeocercus is Greek for dusky,
brown tail.
The 1,289 New World suboscines include
tyrant flycatchers (314 species),
ovenbirds and woodcreepers (314
species) and antbirds (235 species).
(John Reilly)