A small bird (length 9 cm), yellow below and dark grey above.
It has yellow stripes on each wing. When you find a nest, it is
often hanging low in a tree, at the end of a twig. It is a drawn
out ball of grasses and leaves, with an entrance at the
upperpart. As they often breed in the rainy season, the nest will
look wet and waether-beaten.
This flycatcher seeks for insects in trees and when he catches
one with its flat bill, this will make a noise as if he slams his
bill shut. That way you can easily spot them. It will sing
something like 'tee tr'.
The photo above was made by J.H. Ribot, and the one below the
text of a bird with material for its nest by Leo Olmtak. Then
there are two pictures of a bird near and in his nest, made by
J.H. Ribot, all in Suriname. The last picture by J.S. Dunning of
a captured bird.
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 |  |
Names in
More pictures of birds in Suriname, part 6b
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