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Photo by Gerald Friesen
Darien Region, Panama, February 2015
Rhynchocyclus olivaceus

Identification

Back Plumage
Photo © by Fritz73
Porto Seguro, Brazil, 8 September 2017

15 cm

  • Dark olive head and upperparts
  • Bright green back
  • Light green edged primaries
  • Large dark eye
  • White eye-ring

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: occurs only in Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 9 subspecies[1]:

  • R. o. bardus: Eastern Panama and north-western Colombia (northern Chocó to southern Bolívar)
  • R. o. mirus: North-western Colombia (lower Atrato Valley and inland from coast)
  • R. o. flavus: Northern and central Colombia and northern Venezuela
  • R. o. jelambianus: North-eastern Venezuela (Sucre and northern Monagas)
  • R. o. tamborensis: Central Colombia (Rio Lebrija region of Santander)
  • R. o. aequinoctialis: South-central and south-eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and north-central Bolivia
  • R. o. guianensis: Southern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Amazonian Brazil
  • R. o. sordidus: Brazil south of the Amazon (Rio Tapajós to northern Maranhão)
  • R. o. olivaceus: North-central and eastern Brazil (eastern Pará; Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro)

Habitat

Lower levels of humid lowland forests, thickets and swamps.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of arthropods. They generally forage alone.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/DF0D4F47 ]. Retrieved 22 July 2021
  3. del Hoyo, J., J. Bates, G. M. Kirwan, and N. Collar (2020). Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus olivaceus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.olifla1.01
  4. BF Member observations

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