Alternative names: Yellow Flycatcher; Little Yellow Flycatcher Warbler
- Erythrocercus holochlorus
Photo by Steve G
Identification
Yellow-olive above and bright yellow below with a rather plain face.
Distribution
The Little Yellow Flycatcher is an East African endemic found in the coastal evergreen forests of Somalia, south-eastern Kenya and Northern Tanzania.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Photo by Steve G
Habitat
Coastal forest regions.
Behaviour
It is strictly arboreal and is frequently found in mixed species feeding flocks with other flycatchers, sunbirds and helmet-shrikes.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Little Yellow Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Little_Yellow_Flycatcher
