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SOUTHERN SCRUB-FLYCATCHER Sublegatus modestus
As if the Elaenias weren´t difficult enough to identify on there own there is also this little flycatcher to consider! Try to concentrate less on the colour of these birds and more on the shape. This species is smaller than most Elaenias, somewhat brighter yellow below and with shorter, stubbier bill. He tends to perch low at the edge of tangled vegetation, making occasional forays into the open to take flying insects.
FIGURE 1 - Adult ventral view, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 2 - Adult ventral view, Laguna Capitán, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 3 - Adult lateral view, Laguna Capitán, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur (Jerry Cooper October 2007).
FIGURE 4 - Adult lateral view, Laguna Capitán, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur (Jerry Cooper October 2007).
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Sublegatus modestus call recorded Laguna Capitán, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur (Paul Smith October 2007).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.