Piratic Flycatcher
A species of Piratic Flycatcher Scientific name : Legatus leucophaius Genus : Piratic Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher, A species of Piratic Flycatcher
Botanical name: Legatus leucophaius
Genus: Piratic Flycatcher
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Description
The adult piratic flycatcher is 15 cm long and weighs 23 g. The upperparts are unstreaked plain brown, although the flight feathers have narrow white edges. The head has a long whitish supercilium, a concealed yellow crown stripe, and a dusky mask through the eyes. The throat is white, and there is a white malar stripe. The underparts are whitish with touches of light yellow, besides blurred brownish streaking on the breast and flanks. The dark bill is short and broad. The call is an upslurred weeEEE given from a high perch for long periods of the day, or sometimes a monotonous weep weep weep. Piratic flycatchers wait on an exposed perch high in a tree, occasionally sallying out to feed on fruit, their staple diet. The young are fed on insects. 
Size
15 cm (6 in)
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Piratic Flycatcher consumes insects, dragonflies, fruits, small berries, and green catkins of Cecropia. Its feeding behaviors include active foraging and skilled aerial hunting. Piratic Flycatcher exhibits a unique preference for pirating other birds' food supplies.
Habitat
Piratic Flycatcher typically inhabits tall second-growth forests, gallery forests, and the borders of evergreen forests. They are also found in lighter, humid woodlands, edges of secondary woodland, and agricultural lands that feature forest clearings with some tall trees preserved. Hedges in these regions can also be a part of their habitat. Piratic Flycatcher generally resides in areas mostly below 1000 meters in elevation, but can be observed up to 1500 meters and, on rare occasions, as high as 1850 meters in Central America, and at 1700 meters in Western Colombia.
Dite type
Omnivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Bird Feeder Type
Platform
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Tyrant flycatchers Genus
Piratic Flycatcher Species
Piratic Flycatcher 
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