Sirystes

17 cm. A striking flycatcher of the forest canopy. Crown black. Nape and back olive-gray speckled darker. Wings black with white edges to the wing coverts and flight feathers. Below grayish, belly white. Black tail. Diagnostic call a repeated "wiwiwiwiwi" or "wiwiwiu-wiu-wiu-wiu" or "wiu-wiu-wiu" and variations thereof. Forages in the forest canopy and betrays its presence by its frequent call. An outward-hover gleaner and fruit eater ^74 . As its relationship to /Myiarchus would suggest, /Sirystes nests in tree cavities ^44 . Common but local in the canopy of primary and mature secondary forest. It seems to favor especially large trees. Throughout. Serra do Mar and<8E>Serra dos Org<C4>os ^15 , PE Jacupiranga, Fazenda Intervales<8E>etc. To 1000 meters. 5018 Call. PE Jacupiranga, Caverna do Diabo, 11<10>5<10>95. Sunny, 25<91>C. Secondary open forest edge.: 918 Call. PE Jacupiranga, Caverna do Diabo, 11<10>6<10>95. Sunny, 25<91>C.Near houses, open glade in secondary forest. With /Phyllomyias fasciatus, Cyclarhis gujanensis, Tolmomyias sulphurescens, Vireo olivaceus .: 908 Call. Chapada das Guimaraes, Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, 8<10>5<10>97. Sunny, 30 <91>C. Secondary forest.: 14216 Call. Chapada das Guimaraes, Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, 8<10>5<10>97. Sunny, 30 <91>C. Secondary forest. With /Parula pitiayumi .: 14935 >: