Fulvous-breasted Flatbill
Photo © Thibaud Aronson
Photo © Thibaud Aronson — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist photo #75544384The fulvous-breasted flatbill (Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. == Taxonomy and systematics == The fulvous-breasted flatbill was originally described in 1860 as Cyclorhynchus fulvipectus. The species is monotypic. == Description == The fulvous-breasted flatbill is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 11.4 to 27.5 g (0.40 to 0.97 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark olive head with a faint grayish eye-ring. Their entire upperparts are dark olive. Their wings are a duskier olive with wide tawny-buff or ochre edges on the wing coverts and flight feathers. Their tail is a brownish olive. Their chin is gray, their lower throat and breast are dull tawny-rufous, and their belly, flanks, and vent are yellow with olive streaks on the flanks. They have a dark iris, a large wide and flat bill with a black maxilla and pale mandible, and gray legs and feet. == Distribution and habitat == The fulvous-breasted flatbill has a disjunct distribution. In Venezuela it is known only from extreme southwestern Táchira with apparently no extension into adjacent Colombia. Other populations are found…
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