Streaked Flycatcher

This photo confirms the Handbook of Birds of the World’s assertion that Streaked Flycatchers are tolerant of human and degraded habitats. From scaffolding at the Villa Lapas Hotel on 3 July, this individual made repeated aerial flights after various insects. The species favors cicadas, beetles, wasps, and flying ants. They also take small lizards and a variety of fruits. When not near people, these flycatchers inhabit a variety of forest types and edges. Streaked Flycatchers range from central Mexico to northern South America. They are migratory in the Northern reaches of their distribution.