Photos of a Rusty-margined flycatcher with its nest in the
garden of Leo Olmtak in Paramaribo in December 2008. The nest is
made of grasses and other fibers, but hard rains stopped this
breeding attempt. Below the text a photo made by Pascal Dubois in
French Guyane in 2002(Côté
Nature) and two other pictures by Leo Olmtak to show the
difference with the Great Kiskadee: It shows that the ring around
the head does not close on the back of the Rusty-margined
Flycatcher and it shows the difference in the size of the bill of
the two species in the last picture.
The Rusty-margined has the much shorter bill, but is best
recognised by its sound. One of the songs of the Rusty-margined
Flycatcher was recorded by Otte Ottema in Peperpot plantation
near Paramaribo (together with the softer song of a Southern
Beardless Tyrannulet). Of course this flycatcher also has the
rusty margins on its wings. It can hunt like a typical
flycatcher, a swift flight to a passing insect and then back to
its lookout. But it will eat berries also.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna | |
| Forests | |
| Mountain forests |  |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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