Rufous-breasted Flycatcher

Leptopogon rufipectus (Lafresnaye, 1846)

Rufous-breasted Flycatcher, Leptopogon rufipectus, is a bird of humid montane forest and secondary growth in South America, breeding from south-west Venezuela and north-east Colombia to northern Peru. It is a resident species and occurs in the Andes, including Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Adults have the same plumage in both sexes, with a grey crown, a mainly rufous face, olive-green upperparts, and a rufous throat and breast. The nest is a mossy sphere with a side entrance, usually hung near a stream beneath an overhang.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Breeding range

South America: sw Venezuela and se Colombia to n Peru