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Olive-sided Flycatcher
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi (Nuttall, 1831)

LC Least ConcernOn Suriname's list of threatened fauna

Names

EnglishOlive-sided Flycatcher
DutchSparrenpiewie
SpanishPapamoscas Boreal
Chinese绿胁绿霸鹟
Scientific nameContopus cooperi (Nuttall, 1831)

About this species

The olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) is a small to medium sized passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatcher family. It is a migratory species that travels from South America to North America to breed during the summer. It is an agile flyer and mainly consumes flying insects caught in flight. Since 2016, this species has been assessed as being near-threatened globally (IUCN) and threatened in Canada (SRA) due to its declining populations.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrannidae
GenusContopus

In Suriname

20Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2004First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini17
  • Brokopondo2
  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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