Alternative name: Black-and-yellow Phainoptila; Salvin's Silky-flycatcher; Phainoptila
- Phainoptila melanoxantha
Identification
20.5 - 21.9cm. A thrush-like passerine.
Male
- Black head, neck, back, uppertail-coverts, wings and tail
- Bright yellow on rump
- Black upper chest and thighs
- Yellowish olive-green upper breast and undertail-coverts
- Grey lower breast and belly
- Bright yellow sides and flanks
- parkeri has a completely yellow belly
Females have grey on hindneck, face and throat, olive-green upperparts (instead of black) and a duller rump.
Juveniles are duller than females, top of head to nape sooty grey with little or no yellow on flanks.
Distribution
Costa Rica and Panama.
An uncommon to fairly common restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
- P. m. parkeri :
- Mountains of northern Costa Rica (Cordilleras de Guanacaste and Tilarán)
- P. m. melanoxantha:
- Cordillera of central Costa Rica to western Panama (east to Veraguas)
Del Hoyo[2] et al accept a third subspecies, minor, from western Panama. Gill & Donsker[3] and Clements include minor in the nominate race.
Habitat
Cloud and montane temperate forests. Occurs from 1000 - 3400m, at least in Panama more frequent in the upper part of the elevation range.
Behaviour
Outside breeding season in small, loose flocks.
Diet
Mainly eats small fruits. Takes also some insects.
Breeding
Breeding takes place between March and May. The nest is an open cup made mostly of green moos, slender stems and fern fronds. It's placed 2-4m above the ground in a crotch of a sapling. Lays 2 eggs.
Movements
A resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2005. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334726
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird Names (version 3.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Answers.com
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-and-yellow_Silky-flycatcher
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