SOCIAL FLYCATCHER Myiozetetes similis
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Looking like a mini Great Kiskadee, the Social Flycatcher actually isn´t particularly closely related. However, a strange habit has been noticed for Social Flycatchers to nest close to the larger Kiskadees. Quite why this might be the case is unclear, perhaps the smaller flycatchers benefit from the protection given by the proximity of their ultra-aggressive neighbours, who drive away any large bird that approaches? Regardless, in a nest I found I noticed a certain amount of antagonism between the two flycatchers, who looked more like the neighbours from hell than bed fellows!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2355PH) Adult ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2356PH) Adult dorsal, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2357PH) Adult singing, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2358PH) Adult ventral, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Hemme Batjes November 2005).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE2359PH) Adult, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE2360PH) Same individual as (FPAVE2359PH) upperwing (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE2361PH) Nest, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE2363PH) Nest, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007).
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Myiozetetes similis
1 (FPAVE2362RE) Calls  recorded Itabó Itaipú, Departamento Alto Paraná (Myriam Velázquez May 2000).
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