Handsome Flycatcher
Photo © Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago
Photo © Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago — CC0 1.0 — Source: iNaturalist photo #259579254The handsome flycatcher (Nephelomyias pulcher) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Bolivia. == Taxonomy and systematics == The handsome flycatcher was originally described as Myiobius pulcher. It was later moved to genus Myiophobus. A study published in 2009 determined that the handsome flycatcher and two other species did not belong there so the genus Nephelomyias was created for them in 2010. The handsome flycatcher has three subspecies, the nominate N. p. pulcher (Sclater, PL, 1861), N. p. bellus (Sclater, PL, 1862), and N. p. oblitus (Bond, J, 1943). == Description == The handsome flycatcher is 9.5 to 11 cm (3.7 to 4.3 in) long. The sexes very similar. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have an olive gray crown with a partly hidden orange-rufous patch in the middle. Both sexes have a white spot above the lores and a white broken eye-ring on an otherwise olive gray face. Their nape is olive gray and their back and rump are olive. Their wings are dusky with ochre and white edges on the flight feathers and wide pale ochre tips on the wing coverts; the latter show…
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