[2] Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.

[3] When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson.

Linnaeus included a terse description, coined the binomial name Motacilla cayana and cited Brisson's work.

The bulky cup nest is built in a tree and the normal clutch is of two to three grey-blotched whitish eggs.

Fruit (such as licorice, Cecropia, Clusia, Miconia, berries, figs and bananas)[10] is often taken and usually swallowed whole, but nectar is rarely consumed.