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Olive-chested Flycatcher (Myiophobus cryptoxanthus)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Alto Nieva, San Martin

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Bombuscaro, Ecuador

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Age: Adult  | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Wild Sumaco, Ecuador

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Alto Nieva, San Martin


Identification & Behavior: ~12 cm (4.7 in). The Olive-chested Flycatcher has gray-olive back and head. The male has a semi-concealed yellow-crown patch, which is reduced on the female. The bill is black and shows a gray loral line and grayish around the eye. It has two broad creamy-brown wing bars. The breast is olive-gray and grades to yellowish toward the lower belly. It forages alone in the shrubbery of forest edges and other types of second growth. It is similar to the Bran-colored Flycatcher but is distinguished by a darker plumage with blurry streaks on the breast and by having a yellowish belly. It does not overlap with the also similar Mouse-colored Tyrannulet.

Status: The Olive-chested Flycatcher is uncommon on the east slope of the northern Andes at elevations ranging between 900-1750 m. It also occurs in Ec.

Name in Spanish: Mosquerito de Pecho Olivo.

Sub-species: Olive-chested Flycatcher (Myiophobus cryptoxanthus), (P. L. Sclater), 1861.

Meaning of Name: Myiophobus: Gr. muia, muias= fly and phobos= terror, fear, panic. cryptoxanthus: Gr. kruptos= hidden and xanthos= yellow.

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Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.