Pale-edged flycatcher
The pale-edged flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy and systematics
The pale-edged flycatcher has two subspecies, the nominate M. c. cephalotes and M. c. caribbaeus.Description
The pale-edged flycatcher is long and weighs about. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a brownish olive crown; the crown has a slight crest and slightly darker center feathers that give a streaked appearance. Their face is otherwise pale gray. Their upperparts are olive-green. Their wings are mostly brownish olive with pale whitish to yellow outer edges on the secondaries and tertials. The wing's greater and median coverts have yellowish outer edges and tips; the latter show as two wing bars. Their tail is brownish olive with whitish outer webs of the outermost feathers. This pattern is unique to this species among Myiarchus and gives it its English name. Their throat and breast are gray that is slightly paler on the throat. Their belly and undertail coverts are yellow that is somewhat richer in the middle. Subspecies M. c. caribbaeus is smaller than the nominate with even paler outer webs on the tail feathers. Both subspecies have a dark iris, a dark bill, and dark legs and feet. Juveniles have rufous edges on the wing coverts and tail feathers.Distribution and habitat
The nominate subspecies of the pale-edged flycatcher has by far the larger range. It is found in all three ranges of the Colombian Andes and south through Ecuador and Peru on the eastern Andean slope into Bolivia to western Santa Cruz Department. Subspecies M. c. caribbaeus is found only in Venezuela and has four separate populations. From west to east they are in the Andes of Trujillo and Lara states; in the Coastal Range in Aragua, the Federal District, and probably northern Monagas; in the mountains along the Guárico-Aragua border; and in the mountains of Sucre.The pale-edged flycatcher inhabits partially open landscapes in the subtropical and lower temperate zones. These include the edges and clearings of moist and humid forest and open woodlands. In elevation it ranges between and probably lower in Venezuela, between in Colombia, mostly between in Ecuador, and between in Peru.