Ochre-bellied Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies parcus
Photo by Stanley Jones
Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama, December 2017

Mionectes oleagineus

Identification

Subspecies M. o. pacificus
Photo © by olivewarbler
Nirvana Reserve, Valle, Colombia, 9 October 2009

13 cm (5 in)

• Olive-green upperparts
• Green head and upper breast
• Ochre underparts
• Two buff wing bars, wing feathers edged with buff
  

The male is slightly larger than the female, but otherwise similar.

Variations

The subspecies differ in the distinctness of the wing bars or the shade of the upperparts.

Distribution

Southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad and Tobago, and in South America in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela and the Guianas.

Taxonomy

This species was previously placed in the genus Pipromorpha.

Subspecies

There are 7 subspecies^[1]:

• M. o. assimilis :

• Tropical southern Mexico to eastern Costa Rica and western Panama

• M. o. parcus:

• Tropical eastern Panama to northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela

• M. o. pacificus:

• Tropical south-western Colombia to western Ecuador

• M. o. abdominalis:

• Tropical northern Venezuela (Distrito Federal and Miranda)

• M. o. pallidiventris:

• Tropical north-eastern Venezuela; Trinidad and Tobago

• M. o. dorsalis:

• Tepuis of south-eastern Venezuela (Gran Sabana of Bolívar)

• M. o. oleagineus:

• East Colombia to the Guianas, eastern Brazil, eastern Peru and northern Bolivia

Habitat

Humid forests, usually in undergrowth near water. Absent at high elevation.

Behaviour

Breeding

They construct a moss-covered ball nest with a side entrance, suspended from a root or branch. It is often placed over water. The clutch consists of 2-3 white eggs which are incubated by the female for 18-20 days. The male takes no part in rearing the young.

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of fruit, particularly mistletoe berries. They also eat some insects and arthropods.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ochre-bellied Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ochre-bellied_Flycatcher

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