Long Tailed Silky Flycatcher

Copyright: monacoeye • Chiriqui, Panama, May 2010 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Long Tailed Silky Flycatcher
Latin: Ptilogonys caudatus
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Family: Ptilogonatidae • Silky Flycatchers
Range: Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama

The Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher was relatively easy to spot near habitations in the Chiriqui highlands, but generally kept its distance, settling in the top branches of tall trees. They were always in pairs, the male having a greyer chest.

The Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher is instantly recognisable by its crest and long tail. Now placed in a small family of its own.