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First record of Belted in an area of dense brush with no seconds afterwards. Occasionally Flycatcher canopy cover. I recorded it only the first few emphatic notes callizonus from Honduras using a Sony MZ-R700 Minidisc were given, or the first few notes Xenotriccus recorder and Audio-Technica were followed solely by an abrupt callizonus is a small tyrant AT815b microphone. Following weer. The flicked its tail while flycatcher that is generally playback, the bird stopped calling singing. I obtained more recordings uncommon and locally distributed immediately and, after c.30 while L. Howard photographed in the North Central American seconds, appeared at the edge of the bird. The bird continued to Highlands Endemic Bird Area the brush c.1 m above ground, sing excitedly for several minutes (EBA 018)1,9,10. It is reportedly where I identified it as Belted following cessation of playback common at El Sumidero Canyon Flycatcher. The bird resembled and remained close to the forest in Chiapas, Mexico4, and has been an in overall shape edge repeatedly coming into found at several other highland and size, with a long and obvious view over the next 20 minutes. locations in the south Mexican crest held almost erect as it sang. My recordings are archived at state of Chiapas, in Guatemala4,7,8 The whitish eye-ring appeared www.xeno-canto.org (XC169131, and El Salvador3,6. The species broader immediately behind the XC169129). occurs in dense scrubby deciduous eye, giving a ‘teardrop’ shape. Its Belted Flycatcher has not been 2 and semi-deciduous tropical bill was dark above and completely reported in Honduras previously . woodland (especially with Quercus pale orange below. Head grey The nearest known locality is ) at 1,200–2,000 m1,9. These and throat slightly paler. The Parque Nacional Montecristo, 3,6 forests are undergoing widespread most prominent characteristic dpto. Santa Ana, El Salvador . clearance throughout the EBA was a broad cinnamon band on My observation represents an and, consequently, the species the breast, with the rest of the easterly range extension of c.120 3,4,6 is currently considered Near underparts yellow (Fig. 1). There km . As I have not returned to Threatened5. Here I report the were two yellowish wingbars and the site or to similar habitats in first record from Honduras. tertial fringes. the region, it is presently unknown The bird began to sing again whether the bird was resident, or, Observations as it moved through the brush, as is probably the case for the El On 21 March 2005, I heard an remaining c.1–2 m above ground. Salvador records (O. Komar in litt. unfamiliar song at the boundary The song comprised several 2014), it was dispersing through of Reserva Biológica Opalaca accelerating, emphatic notes (not the area. (14°27’20”N 88°22’21”W), unlike Lophotriccus), followed by a north-east of the small town of quick, descending buzzy swee—the Acknowledgements San Juan, dpto. Intibucá. The full song being rendered bi-bi-bi- I thank Edras Benítez Manueles of habitat in this part of the reserve bi-bi-be-be-swee. The entire effect San Juan, Intibucá, for organizing is dominated by young pine forest was similar to but slower than the my visit to Reserva Biológica with dense understorey. Much of song of male Opalaca and for information this area had burned c.7 years rubinus. The song about the reserve. Mark Bonta before the sighting (E. B. Manueles was repeated every c.10 seconds confirmed the lack of previous pers. comm.) The bird was heard before playback and every five Honduras records of X. callizonus and supplied other information on in the country. Laura Howard provided the photographs of X. callizonus and its habitat. Knut Eisermann, Guy Kirwan, Oliver Komar and Huw Lloyd reviewed the manuscript and provided many useful suggestions. References 1. BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions & Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International 2. Bonta, M. & Anderson, D. L. (2002) Birding Honduras, a checklist and guide. Tegucigalpa: EcoArte S. de R.L. Figure 1. Belted Flycatcher Xenotriccus callizonus, Reserva Biológica Opalaca, dpto. 3. Hellebuyck, V. (1983) Three Intibucá, Honduras, March 2005 (Laura Howard) new specimen records of

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