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There is still some debate on this bird’s taxonomic status. The Brazilian Official Bird List considers two species, the Suiriri Flycatcher, with two subspecies, the Chaco Suiriri, and the Campo one, which differs from the previous for having a yellowish rump, instead of grayish, and there is the recently described Chapada Suiriri ( Suiriri islerorum ), similar to the Campo one (possibly hybridizing with it) but with a smaller beak and white in the tip of the tail. Very little is known about this species. It is mostly solitary and uses the same hunting techniques of most other flycatchers, that consist basically of catching flying insects few meters away from its perching site and retur...

24cm. Identification: it is the only Brazilian thrush with reddish belly. It is the Brazilian Symbol Bird and this title has recently been given for its strong presence in the country’s popular culture, especially in poetry and music. Although it is distributed throughout Brazil (except from the Amazon region ) it is more common near the coastline as it prefers moist environments. This thrush lives in farms, forest edges and is especially common in urban parks, being one of the most typical birds in some of Southeastern Brazil largest cities. The very beautiful song is very variable, even at the individual level.The real song can only be heard in the spring, the breeding season when ...

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�rvore até 10m; extremidade dos ramos cilíndrica, oca, glabra, levemente estriada, lenticelas diminutas, numerosas; folha simples, oposta, sem estípula, pecíolo canaliculado, 4,5 X 0,2cm, glabro, nigrescente no material seco, lâmina eliptica a elíptico-oval, ápice agudo, mucrunado, base cuneada, 22,5 X 11cm, margem inteira, membranácea a subcartácea, venação acródroma, 1 par de nervura secundária, conspícua, saindo ca. 0,5cm acima da base, venação terciária conspícua, paralela, perpendicular à nervura central, glabra, folhas jovens nigrescentes no material seco.

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�rvore até 12m; extremidade dos ramos achatada, glabra, descamante; folha simples, oposta, sem estípula, pecíolo sub-séssil, 0,2 X 0,1cm, glabro, nigrescente no material seco, lâmina elíptico-lanceolada ou oval-lanceolada, ápice agudo, base assimétrico-arredondada, 9-14 X 3-4cm, margem inteira, cartácea a sub-coriácea, venação camptódroma, nervura central conspícua, amarronzada no material seco, na face abaxial, ca.15 pares de nervuras secundárias inconspícuas, nervura marginal ca. 0,3cm da margem, pouco conspícua, glabra.