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Black-capped flycatcher  Empidonax atriceps San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica (April, 2014).<br />
The black-capped flycatcher is 11.5 cm long. Most of its head and the rear of its neck are sooty black, the upperparts are olive-brown and the underparts are paler brown, becoming whitish on the throat and yellower on the lower belly. The head has a broad white eye ring, broken above the eye. The wings and tail are blackish, the former having two pale brown wing bars. The sexes are similar, but young birds have a browner head and paler wing bars. The call is a whistled kip and the song is a loud keer keer.<br />
Habitat:<br />
Forested area mixed with grasslands.  Black-capped flycatcher,Costa Rica,Empidonax atriceps,Geotagged,Spring Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Black-capped flycatcher Empidonax atriceps

San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica (April, 2014).
The black-capped flycatcher is 11.5 cm long. Most of its head and the rear of its neck are sooty black, the upperparts are olive-brown and the underparts are paler brown, becoming whitish on the throat and yellower on the lower belly. The head has a broad white eye ring, broken above the eye. The wings and tail are blackish, the former having two pale brown wing bars. The sexes are similar, but young birds have a browner head and paler wing bars. The call is a whistled kip and the song is a loud keer keer.
Habitat:
Forested area mixed with grasslands.

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The black-capped flycatcher is a very small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Patomarazul
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Aug 7, 2016. Captured Apr 19, 2014 17:32 in Calle San Gerardo, Cartago, Dota, Costa Rica.
  • SP-820UZ
  • f/5.7
  • 10/10000s
  • ISO400
  • 160mm