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Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet - BirdForum Opus

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Adult
Photo by Peter R. Bono
El Ocote, west of Tuxtla Guttierez, Chiapas, Mexico, July 2009
Ornithion semiflavum

Identification

Length about 9 cm, with very short tail. Yellow underside, greenish olive upperside, gray crown, obvious white supercilium.

Distribution

Central America: found from southern Mexico (Oaxaca) to north-eastern Costa Rica.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and forests edges, plantations and gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)

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