Orange-crested Flycatcher

The orange-crested flycatcher (Myiophobus phoenicomitra) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. == Taxonomy and systematics == The orange-crested flycatcher was originally described by ornithologists Władysław Taczanowski and Hans von Berlepsch in 1885 as Myiobius phoenicomitra with the type locality being Tungurahua Province in Ecuador. It was later moved from the genus Myiobius to Myiophobus. The orange-crested flycatcher has two subspecies, the nominate M. p. phoenicomitra (Taczanowski & Berlepsch, 1885) and M. p. litae (Hartert, 1900). == Description == The orange-crested flycatcher is 11.5 to 12 cm (4.5 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz). The sexes have almost identical plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have an olive crown with a mostly hidden orange-rufous (rarely orange-red or golden yellow) patch in the middle. Females do not have this patch. Both sexes sometimes have a faint yellowish broken eye-ring on an otherwise olive face. Their back and rump are olive. Their wings are blackish with cinnamon edges on the flight feathers and ochraceous tips of the wing coverts; the latter show as two or three wing bars. Their tail is dusky with…