Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher
Photo © Don Wellmann
Photo © Don Wellmann — CC0 1.0 — Source: iNaturalist #297442322The ochraceous-breasted flycatcher (Nephelomyias ochraceiventris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. == Taxonomy and systematics == The ochraceous-breasted flycatcher was originally described in 1873 as Mitrephorus ochraceiventris. From the early twentieth century it was classified in genus Myiophobus. A study published in 2009 determined that the ochraceous-breasted flycatcher and two other species did not belong in Myiophobus so the genus Nephelomyias was created for them in 2010. The ochraceous-breasted flycatcher is monotypic. It and the orange-banded flycatcher (N. lintoni) are sister species and form a superspecies. == Description == The ochraceous-breasted flycatcher is 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 8.2 to 13 g (0.29 to 0.46 oz). The sexes are very similar. Adult males have an olive crown with a partly hidden orange (in the north) to red-orange (in the south) patch in the middle. Both sexes have dusky lores and a thin buffy eye-ring on an otherwise yellowish olive face. Their back and rump are olive to olive brown. Their wings are dusky with wide whitish or buffy tips on the wing coverts that show as two wing bars. Their tail…
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