Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Rhynchocyclus (5 species)



Western Olivaceous Flatbill
Western Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis flavus)
Range: MA, SA: e Panama and n, c Colombia to ne Venezuela south to w Amazonia from sc Colombia to e Peru and n Bolivia
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note wide bill. Lower mandible white like Yellow-olive Flatbill, but has a complete well-defined eye-ring, uniform coloration, and crest. In 2023 the Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill was split from this species.
Additional photo.
Carrying nesting material.
Amazon subspecies

Eye-ringed Flatbill
Eye-ringed Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus brevirostris brevirostris)
Range: MA: s Mexico to nw Colombia
Fortuna Forest Reserve, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Fulvous-breasted Flatbill
Fulvous-breasted Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus)
Range: SA: w Venezuela to nw Bolivia
Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
Range: SA: s Venezuela and the Guianas to n, e Amazonian Brazil and e Brazil
   



Pacific Flatbill
Pacific Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus pacificus)
Range: SA: w Colombia and nw Ecuador
Farallones National Park, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba