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Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
(L 9" Wt 2.5 oz)
Fairly common in most areas
...mainly at mid-upper levels
...has a broad and massive black bill.
Yasuni Nat’l Park
19Mar2017
Sani Lodge
23Mar2017
Megarynchus
in Greek means
large
bill;
Pitangus
in Tupi (native Brazilian)
means
large flycatcher.
© David L.
Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library