Fulvous-breasted Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus)

Identification & Behavior: ~15 cm (6 in). The Fulvous-breasted Flatbill has olive-green upperparts. The wing coverts and flight feathers are fringed with rufous but it does not show true wing bars. The throat and breast are fulvous and grade to olive and yellow towards de rest of the upperparts. It has a pale eye-ring. The bill is bicolored and very wide at the base. It forages in the midstory of humid montane forest often in the company of mixed species flocks. It is similar to the Tawny-breasted flycatcher but is distinguished by larger size, more upright position, and by a very flat, broad, and bicolored bill. Also, see Inca Flycatcher.

Status: The Fulvous-breasted Flycatcher is uncommon to rare in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1000-2000 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Pico-Plano de Pecho Leonado.

Sub-species: Fulvous-breasted Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus), (P. L. Sclater), 1860.

Meaning of Name: Rhynchocyclus: Anagram of genus Cyclorhynchus Sundevall, 1836, flatbill. fulvipectus: L. fulvus= tawny and pectus, pectoris= breast.

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