Cocos Flycatcher

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Cocos Flycatcher
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae Genus: Nesotriccus C H Townsend 1895 Species: N. ridgwayi
Binomial name
Nesotriccus ridgwayi Townsend, 1895

The Cocos Flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is endemic to Cocos Island off Costa Rica. This tyrant flycatcher is a small (13 cm) grey bird with a long bill. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is thought to be threatened by introduced species, particularly rats and feral cats which prey on the species and pigs which destroy habtiat. There is no evidence yet of a decline, but is listed as vulnerable due to its tiny range.

[edit] References

• BirdLife International 2006. Nesotriccus ridgwayi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

[edit] External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet.