Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
McConnell's Flycatcher (Mionectes macconnelli) - HBW 9, p. 309
French: Pipromorphe de McConnell
German: Schwarzschnabel-Pipratyrann
Spanish: Mosquero de McConnell
Taxonomy: Pipromorpha oleaginea macconnelli Chubb, 1919, Kamakabra River, Guyana.
Scientific name was incorrectly formed, as species is named after F. V. McConnell. Closely related to M. oleagineus and M. rufiventris; all three were for long placed in a separate genus, Pipromorpha, on basis of specialized outer primaries of male, but they share numerous characters (including unusual lek breeding system) with both M. striaticollis and M. olivaceus. Large series of specimens (including fresh ones) now available from across Amazon Basin S to Bolivia reveal remarkably little geographical variation over such a vast area, especially in c.. View all taxonomy...
Scientific name was incorrectly formed, as species is named after F. V. McConnell. Closely related to M. oleagineus and M. rufiventris; all three were for long placed in a separate genus, Pipromorpha, on basis of specialized outer primaries of male, but they share numerous characters (including unusual lek breeding system) with both M. striaticollis and M. olivaceus. Large series of specimens (including fresh ones) now available from across Amazon Basin S to Bolivia reveal remarkably little geographical variation over such a vast area, especially in comparison with distinctly different C Peruvian peruanus; described race amazonus, from C Brazil and E Bolivia, considered better treated as synonymous with nominate. Birds from Cerro de la Neblina (S Venezuela) named as race mercedesfosterae, but characters fall within range of variation of roraimae, thus merged with latter. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- macconnelli (Chubb, 1919) - lowland tropics of E Venezuela (NE Bolívar), the Guianas and lower Amazonian Brazil (E from R Negro and R Madeira, possibly from Amazonas, S to N Mato Grosso and C Pará), SE Peru (S Ucayali, Madre de Dios; also sight record from R Javari, in NE) and NE Bolivia (Pando, Beni, La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz).
- roraimae (Chubb, 1919) - tepui region of S & SE Venezuela and Guyana.
- peruanus (Carriker, 1930) - C Peru (Junín).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird on a branch, while attending an understorey flock. Locality Brownsberg National Park, Suriname (ssp macconnelli)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 22 July 2011 7 weeks ago 13 sec 3 -
A foraging bird in an understorey flock. Locality Brownsberg National Park, Suriname (ssp macconnelli)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 22 July 2011 8 weeks ago 7 sec 3
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Nest: an untidy structure hanging over a pond in the middle of the forest (no bird visible in this picture)
Locality Imataca Forest Reserve, Venezuela
Robert Wynands 17 May 2008 2 years ago 3
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Song from one bird. Locality Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas State, Brazil
(ssp macconnelli)
Nick Athanas 4 February 2006 2 years ago 3
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