Grenada Flycatcher

The Grenada flycatcher is a large flycatcher, about 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighing about 32 to 45 g (1.1 to 1.6 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a brownish head and upperparts; their crown feathers form a small crest. Their wings are mostly brownish with cinnamon to rufous edges on the outer webs of the primaries and pale whitish edges on the outer webs of the secondaries and tertials. The wing's coverts have fuscous tips that show as two faint wing bars. Their tail's upperside is brownish with rufous-brown inner webs on all but the innermost pair of feathers; its underside is rufous-brown. Their throat and breast are gray that is paler on the throat. Their belly and undertail coverts are pale lemon-yellow. They have a dark brown iris, a dark bill with a pinkish base to the mandible, and dark legs and feet.

The Grenada flycatcher is found on Grenada, St. Vincent, and on most of the smaller Grenadines between them. It inhabits all of the vegetated habitats on the islands including several types of forest and scrublands. It also occurs in open areas around human settlements. It shuns rocky areas with little greenery. In elevation it ranges from sea level to the tops of the islands at about 1,200 m (3,900 ft).

The Grenada flycatcher feeds primarily on arthropods and berries and to a lesser degree includes small lizards in its diet. It usually forages singly. It captures most insect prey in mid-air with sallies from a perch; it often returns to the same perch. It also gleans arthropods and berries while perched.