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Photo by Photo by Michael W
Photo taken: Rio Silanche (PVM), NW Ecuador .

Tolmomyias assimilis

Includes Zimmer's Flatbill, Yellow-margined Flatbill

[edit] Identification

Typical overall appearance of a flycatcher, with pale greenish and yellow plumage contrasting with darker wings. Diagnostic features are: dark brown iris, bright yellow outer edges to flight feathers with no wing bars. Front is buff graduating to light yellow on belly; less yellow than other similar species such as Yellow-Olive Flycatcher, or Slaty-capped Flycatcher

[edit] Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

[edit] Behaviour

Forages in middle and upper levels of rain forest.

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