A very common bird (lenght 20 cm) with a grey head, white throat, brown wings, a yellow belly and a powerfull bill. It has a orange spot on its head but that is mostly unobservable.This flycatcher is found in open country with trees. There you see it sitting without moving (often in palms) to fly up to catch insects in a typical flycatacher way. It is as agressive against intruders like the great kiskadee and will chase after big birds like the yellow-headed caracara. The photos wer made by Leo Olmtak in his garden in paramaribo in November 2008 and below by J.H. Ribot also in Suriname and the third by Pascal Dubois in French Guyane.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest.
First photo made by J.S. Dunning in Brazil, the second one by J.H. Ribot in Suriname and the third by Pascal Dubois in French Guyane.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna | |
| Forests | |
| Mountain forests |  |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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