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Roraiman Flycatcher
Myiophobus roraimae (Salvin & Godman, 1883)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Roraiman Flycatcher, Myiophobus roraimae, is a passerine of the Tyrannidae family that breeds on South American tepuis from Colombia to Bolivia. It lives in humid and wet forest on these table-top mountains, and in the Andes it is found in subtropical forest on poor soils and along ridges. It usually keeps to the understory and middle levels of the forest. The species is a year-round resident. Its breeding biology has not been recorded. It was first described in 1883 by Salvin and Godman.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: tepuis, Colombia to Bolivia
