Birds of Costa Rica

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Genus: Tolmomyias (2 species, 7 worldwide)


Yellow-winged Flatbill
Yellow-winged Flatbill (Tolmomyias flavotectus)
Anchicaya, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Compare to Yellow-margined Flatbill but found on the Pacific side of the Andes.

Yellow-olive Flatbill
Yellow-olive Flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Antioquia, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Note pale lower mandible. Has wing bars unlike Yellow-margined Flatbill or Zimmer's Flatbill. Most races have a light-colored eye. Note broken eye-ring.
Nest.

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