Northern Scrub-Flycatcher

About the Northern Scrub-Flycatcher

The northern scrub flycatcher (Sublegatus arenarum) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Aruba, Bonaire, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela.

What are now the northern scrub flycatcher, Amazonian scrub flycatcher (S. obscurior), and southern scrub flycatcher (S. modestus) were previously members of the single species named scrub flycatcher with the binomial S. modestus. The further taxonomy of the three scrub flycatchers has not been fully resolved.

As of late 2024, the northern scrub flycatcher was assigned these six subspecies: S. a. arenarum (Salvin, 1863) S. a. atrirostris (Lawrence, 1871) S. a. glaber Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868 S. a. tortugensis Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1946

S. a. pallens Zimmer, JT, 1941 S. a. orinocensis Zimmer, JT, 1941 Some authors have suggested that S. a. arenarum, possibly with S. a. atrirostris, should be treated as a species separate from the "smooth scrub flycatcher" (S. glaber) that includes the other subspecies. Subspecies S. a. tortugensis and S. a. pallens are almost indistinguishable from each other and... Wikipedia →