Tufted Flycatcher
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)
Savegre Lodge
05Feb2010
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A. Keller
Macaulay
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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)
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