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Piratic Flycatcher
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius (Vieillot, 1818)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishPiratic Flycatcher
DutchPiraattiran
SpanishPapamoscas Rayado Chico
Chinese强霸鹟
Scientific nameLegatus leucophaius (Vieillot, 1818)

About this species

The piratic flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country except El Salvador, in Trinidad and Tobago, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, though in Uruguay only as a vagrant. It has also occurred several times as a vagrant in the southern United States.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrannidae
GenusLegatus

In Suriname

1,321Records in Suriname
11iNaturalist observations
1866First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para498
  • Commewijne358
  • Sipaliwini183
  • Brokopondo108
  • Paramaribo79
  • Wanica15
  • Saramacca13
  • Nickerie7
  • Coronie4
  • Marowijne3

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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