Gray-crowned Flycatcher
Tolmomyias poliocephalus
(L 4.7")
Fairly common...in humid forest
in the Amazon and Atlantic
Forest in South America.
Yasuni Nat’l Park
19Mar2017
Tolmomyias in Greek
means bold or daring fly;
poliocephalus gray head.
Birds like humans have
regional accents in their
songs and calls.
    (R Lederer and C Burr)
© Andrew
Spencer
Macaulay
Library