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Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Leptopogon superciliaris Tschudi, 1844
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Slaty-capped Flycatcher, Leptopogon superciliaris, is a passerine of Middle and South America, breeding from Costa Rica to northern Venezuela and northern Bolivia. It belongs to the tyrant flycatcher family and was described by Tschudi in 1844. Its range also reaches Trinidad. The bird is found in humid foothill and montane evergreen forest, secondary growth and coffee plantations in upper tropical and subtropical zones. It is mainly a resident, though some birds may shift to lower ground in the local winter. The species is placed in a taxonomic group that is not fully settled, with more than one subspecies treatment in use.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Costa Rica to n Venezuela and n Bolivia
