Family Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Least Concern
Suiriri Flycatcher (Suiriri suiriri)
Taxonomy
French: Tyranneau suiriri German: Grauscheitel-Olivtyrann Spanish: Fiofío suirirí
Taxonomy:
Muscicapa suiriri
Vieillot
, 1818,Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay
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Subspecies and Distribution
S. s. burmeisteri
Kirwan et al., 2014 – Suriname, N, E & S Brazil (Amapá, W Pará, S Amazonas and from Maranhão, Piauí and W Bahia S to most of Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo), N Bolivia (Beni) and NE Paraguay.
S. s. bahiae
(Berlepsch, 1893) – NE Brazil (Paraíba, Pernambuco, NE Bahia).
S. s. suiriri
(Vieillot, 1818) – E & S Bolivia, Paraguay, N & E Argentina (S to Río Negro), adjacent S Brazil and Uruguay.
Descriptive notes
15·5–16 cm; 11·5–16 g (nominate), 18·5–21 g (burmeisteri). Nominate race is mostly grey on crown and back, small white... read more
Voice
Paired male and female of race burmeisteri give different songs in simultaneous duets,... read more
Habitat
Chaco and open woodland; to 3000 m all year in Bolivian Andes. Race burmeisteri restricted... read more
Food and feeding
Arthropods; also small fruits, e.g. of Curatella americana. Perch-gleans items directly from leaf and branch surfaces, hover-... read more
Breeding
Oct–Dec in Argentina. Cup-nest constructed of wool, spiderwebs and lichen, external diameter 7 cm, internal diameter 4 cm, height 4... read more
Movements
Some post-breeding movement to lowland areas in E Bolivia. Nominate race recorded during Aug in... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Uncommon to fairly common. Occurs in numerous protected areas, including: Sipaliwini Savanna Nature Reserve, in Surinam; Noel Kempff Mercado National... read more
Recent work has shown that S. affinis is the correct name for what in HBW was called S. islerorum; new name (burmeisteri) therefore required for the race of present species previously labelled as affinis#R. Races burmeisteri and bahiae together sometimes treated as a separate species, but former intergrades broadly with nominate in Bolivia; latter suspected by some to be of hybrid origin, following secondary contact of burmeisteri with a hypothetical remnant population of ancestral suiriri in NE Brazil. Three subspecies currently recognized.