Sierra de Lema Flycatcher

Sierra de Lema FlycatcherMionectes roraimae is recorded in the highlands around Sierra de Lema in southeastern Venezuela and adjacent parts of Guyana and northern Brazil. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of McConnell's Flycatcher; the South American Classification Committee supported treating the highland form as a separate species.What does it look like?A 1921 specimen description reports orange-citrine on the rump, throat, and upper breast of the roraimae form, with yellow-ochre on the lower underparts. The specimen was described under the former subspecies name Mionectes macconnelli roraimae.How does it live?Mionectes roraimae is recorded in the highlands around Sierra de Lema in southeastern Venezuela and adjacent parts of Guyana and northern Brazil. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of McConnell's Flycatcher; the South American Classification Committee supported treating the highland form as a separate species.During display observations, birds used perches 2.5-7 m above the ground and were usually alone or in widely spaced pairs.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.