Piratic Flycatcher
Legatus leucophaius
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,563
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Piratic flycatcher”.