Bright-rumped Attila
Attila spadiceus
(L 7" WS 13" Wt 1.4 oz)
A large tyrant-flycatcher...from
north-west Mexico to Ecuador,
Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad
north-west Mexico to Ecuador,
Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad
...12 subspecies are recognised.
Sacha Lodge
18Mar2017
I think I would have named it
Bright-“eyed” Attila.
(Pete Zapasta)
Bright-“eyed” Attila.
(Pete Zapasta)
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Marantz
Marantz
Macaulay
Library
Library
Attila is after the king of the
Hunnish hordes that ravaged
Europe in the 5th Cent; spadiceus
in Latin means bright brown.
Hunnish hordes that ravaged
Europe in the 5th Cent; spadiceus
in Latin means bright brown.
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