Royal Flycatcher
(Onychorhynchus coronatus)
Roayl Flycatcher, Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil, April 2004 - click for larger image Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil
April 2004

The Royal Flycatcher is distributed in the Amazon Basin with disjunct populations on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, the Pacific coast of Ecuador and in south-east Brazil. It is found in lower growth of forest, woodland and their borders where it tends to be inconspicuous.

Roayl Flycatcher, Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil, April 2004 - click for larger image These photos were taken in south-east Brazil and so are of the sub-species O. c. swainsoni. As usual the spectacular crest is folded away (it is only rarely displayed) but you can just make out the red and black tips at the back of the crown. Upperparts are brown above with cinnamon-rufous rump and rufous tail.
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