Royal Flycatcher

16 cm. Long dark bill. Expanded crest consists of red feathers with black spots and shiny steel-blue tips. Brown above. Rump and tail rust-colored. Below ochraceous-buff. Legs yellow. Call is a loud, repeated pri-o . Moves about inconspicuously at eye-level to 4 meters in primary and secondary rain forest undergrowth, frequently adjacent to forest brooks and streams. Performs upward strikes ^74 . The function of stunning crest is unclear. It may be used in threat behavior. A long pouch with a side entrance suspended over a stream or trail ^77, ^44 . A forest flycatcher fond of brooks. Rare in the interior of rain forest. This species is listed as "endangered" because of its very small and highly fragmented range ^103 . Throughout. Reported by Pinto ^40 from Rio de Janeiro state <8E>Serra dos Org<C4>os, Nova Friburgo, Cantagalo, Maca<CA> and S<C4>o Paulo state Serra do Mar,Piedade, Baur<CA>, Serra de Bananal . Repeatedly observed by me in<8E>PE Jacupiranga<8E>close to the Caverna do Diabo. To 1200 meters ^44 . Analysis of the morphological differences of the subspecies yielded no information as to whether the form /swainsoni , the Atlantic Royal Flycatcher of Southeast Brazil, should be treated as a separate species ^102 . 4828 Call. Cornell Cat 29050. Tambopata, Puerto Maldonado, Explorer"s Inn, Madre de Dios, Peru, 8<10>15<10>80. Recording by A. B. van den Berg.: 8622 Calls. Cornell Cat 81570. Iquitos, Loreto, Peru, 12<10>13<10>88. Recording by P. K. Donahue.: 6828 >: nnryl?fyr1 /Onychorhynchus coronatus , Caverna do Diabo, PE Jacupiranga State Park, 11<10>25<10>97.: nrfyr?hbt .Biome of /Onychorhynchus coronatus , PE Jacupiranga State Park, 11<10>97.: