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Birdsong field guide

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

A small, streaked tyrant flycatcher renowned for its aggressive kleptoparasitic nesting behavior, usurping the homes of larger bird species.

What it sounds like

A thin, high-pitched, rising whistle described as 'pwee-e-e' or 'wee-yee', often repeated from a high perch.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · BrazilCC BY-NC-SA Xeno-canto

Field notes

It is an obligate nest parasite that does not build its own nest, instead harassing other birds until they abandon theirs.
Commonly targets the enclosed or hanging nests of oropendolas, caciques, and other larger flycatchers like the Social Flycatcher.
Despite belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family, its diet is primarily frugivorous, consisting largely of small fruits and berries.
It is the sole member of the genus Legatus, distinguished by its short, broad bill and streaked underparts.
Southern populations are migratory, traveling north to the Amazon basin during the austral winter months.

Habitat

Open woodlands, forest edges, savannas with scattered trees, and shaded plantations.

Range

Widespread across the Neotropics, from southern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay.

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