Puerto Rican Flycatcher

The Puerto Rican flycatcher is about 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 20.5 to 27.5 g (0.72 to 0.97 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark sooty brown crown that forms a crest. Their face is lighter sooty brown. Their upperparts are olive-brown. Their wings are mostly olive-brown with cinnamon-buff edges on the inner webs of the flight feathers. Their tail is mostly dusky with pale feather tips. The outer feathers have pale grayish brown outer webs and the rest between them and the innermost pair have rufous-cinnamon inner webs. Their throat and breast are pale gray with an olive-brown tinge on the sides of the breast. Their belly and undertail coverts are white with usually a faint yellow tinge on the flanks and coverts. They have a brown iris, a brownish black bill with a brownish base to the mandible, and brownish black or blackish brown legs and feet.

The Puerto Rican flycatcher is found in Puerto Rico including Vieques and Culebra islands, on St. John and St. Thomas in the American Virgin Islands, and on Tortola and Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. It inhabits deciduous and pine forest, mangroves, coffee plantations, and arid scrublands. It is found in the tropical zone from sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft).

The Puerto Rican flycatcher feeds on primarily on insects, fruit, and seeds. It occasionally feeds on snails and lizards. It usually forages in the forest canopy, mostly taking prey and fruit by gleaning while perched and while briefly hovering after a short sally from a perch. It also takes insects in mid-air.