Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)

Identification & Behavior: ~13 cm (5.1 in). The Ochre-bellied Flycatcher has an olive head, mantle, and rump. The wing coverts are dusky edged with rufous. The base of the lower mandible is orange. The throat is olive and grades to rufous towards the rest of the underparts. It forages in the understory and midstory of primary forest and also in old second growth. It is similar to the closely related McConnel’s Flycatcher by is distinguished by having wings fringed with rufous, by being widespread in Amazonia, and by being associated with habitats near forest edges and second growth.

Status: The Ochre-naped Flycatcher is common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1300 m along the east slope of the Andes. It also occurs in the humid and semi-deciduous forest of northwest Peru in Tumbes. The Ochre-bellied Flycatcher also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Mosquerito de Vientre Ocráceo..

Sub-species: Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus pacificus), (Todd), 1921.  W of Andes in SW Colombia and W Ecuador.
(Mionectes oleagineus oleagineus), (M. H. C. Lichtenstein), 1823.  E Colombia, S Venezuela, the Guianas and all of Amazonia S to E Ecuador, E Peru and N Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba), and in C & SE Brazil (from N Mato Grosso E to Maranhão and Bahia, and coastal region from Alagoas S to Rio de Janeiro).

Meaning of Name: Mionectes: Gr. meionekteo= to have too little, meionektes= small, having suffered a loss. oleagineus: L. olea= olive tree, oleaginous= olive-coloured.

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