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Northern Schiffornis
Schiffornis veraepacis (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1860)
Tityridae — Tityras, Becards & Allies
Northern Schiffornis, Schiffornis veraepacis, is a passerine of Middle and South America, breeding from south-eastern Mexico to western Colombia and Ecuador. It belongs to the Tityridae, the family of tityras, becards and allies, and was described by Sclater and Salvin in 1860. It is a forest bird of humid to wet evergreen woodland, usually in the interior rather than at the edge. The sexes look alike. The nominate form has a dark brownish olive face with a faint pale eye-ring, and the subspecies differ in the tone and pattern of the upperparts and underparts.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tityridae — Tityras, Becards & Allies
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: se Mexico to w Colombia and Ecuador
