Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Oncostoma (2 species)


Northern Bentbill
Northern Bentbill (Oncostoma cinereigulare)
Range: MA: s Mexico to Panama
Bijagual de Turrubares, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Southern Bentbill
Southern Bentbill (Oncostoma olivaceum)
Range: MA, SA: Panama and Colombia
Zafra Reserva Natural, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note yellow neck and chest compared to Northern Bentbill. Species do not overlap although there is evidence of a small isolated population of Northern Bentbill in north Colombia.


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