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BOAT-BILLED FLYCATCHER Megarynchus pitangua
Essentially a Great Kiskadee with one hell of a big nose! The Boat-billed Flycatcher belong to a different genus from the Kiskadee and is shier and less bold (perhaps the result of a complex about the size of his hooter!). Boat-bills are forest flycatchers, dining heavily on fruit. They are noisy, but easily overlooked in the forest canopy.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3673PH) Adult, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith October 2012).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3302PH) Adult, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Kevin Guest February 2012).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2306PH) Adult, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2307PH) Same individual as (FPAVE2306PH) from behind (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE2308PH) Fledgling recently emerged from nest, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith January 2008).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE2309PH) Same individual as (FPAVE2308PH) bill detail (Paul Smith January 2008).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE3674PH) Wet fledgling during rainstorm, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith October 2012).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE3675VI) Adult calling, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith October 2012).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE2310VI) Adult calling, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith December 2009).
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Megarynchus pitangua
1 (FPAVE2311RE) nyah call  recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
2 (FPAVE2312RE) calls  recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
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