Variegated Flycatcher

18 cm. Bill longer than that of /Legatus leucophaius . Back light brown mottled darker. Wing coverts and flight feathers edged whitish, the primaries edged rusty. Tail feathers edged rusty. Below, a light grayish breast and yellowish belly, both clearly streaked dusky. Gives a high "tseeee-i", "tsee-tsee-tsee-tsitsitsee". Perches in the middle and upper stratum of trees or bushes. Performs mostly aerial hawks. A fruit eater. Nest is a simple flat cup Ihering 1914 . November 20, 1998, one individual on nest incubating Picinguaba, S<C4>o Paulo . A locally occurring tyrant flycatcher of forest borders. Fairly common at borders of primary and secondary forest, savannah, gallery woodland. Throughout. We encountered it at<8E>Angra dos Reis, Ubatuba, Serra Mantiqueira, and at<8E>Peruibe Jureia . Reported from estado do Rio de Janeiro at<8E>Porto Real, Itatiaia ^40 . Reported from Estado S<C4>o Paulo at<8E>S<C4>o Sebasti<C4>o, Cubat<C4>o, Embura, Iguape, Ipanema<8E> and at various locations further inland ^40 . Sea level up to 1200 meters. 15010 Calls. Jureia-Peruibe, 10<10>10<10>99. Cloudy, 22<91>C. Open country near forest.: 13686 Call. 10<10>11<10>99, Jureia-Peruibe. Cloudy, 22<91>C. Open country near forest. With /Vireo olivaceus, Thryothorus longirostris .: 11565 Calls. Cornell Cat 32102. Iguazu Falls, Misiones, Argentina, 11<10>17<10>82. With /Myiodynastes maculatus, Vireo olivaceus, Pyriglena leucoptera, Thamnophilus caerulescens . Recording by T. A. Parker, III.: 7320 Calls. Cornell Cat 32443. Manaus, Amazonas, 2<10>15<10>84. Recording by B. Bierregaard.: 8379 >: