Long-tailed Tyrant

Long-tailed Tyrants are flycatchers found from Honduras to much of northern South America. In this range, they are common but local. They require a stump with a nesting hole and nearby stingless bees. They flick their long tails up and down and fly out after their insect prey. A pair of these birds greeted us when we arrived at Costa Rica's Laguna del Lagarto Lodge on 12 July. They nested in a dead palm stump next to the hotel.