Tawny-breasted Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Tawny-breasted Myiobius

Photo by megan perkins
Milpe, Ecuador, November 2012

Myiobius villosus

Identification

14cm

• Dark brownish-olive upper-parts
• Brown head
• Grey face
• Sulphur-yellow rump
• Rounded black tail
• White throat
• Tawny-brown breast
• Dull yellow mid belly

Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: found only in Nicaragua and Panama
South America: occurs in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• M. v. villosus:

• Eastern Panama (Cerro Tacarcuna) to western Colombia and western Ecuador

• M. v. schaeferi:

• Eastern Andes of northern Colombia and extreme western Venezuela (Táchira)

• M. v. clarus:

• Foothills of eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru (south to Junín)

• M. v. peruvianus:

• Foothills of south-eastern Peru (Puno) and north-western Bolivia (La Paz)

Habitat

Moist montane forests near streams.

Behaviour

Attends ant swarms.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Tawny-breasted Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tawny-breasted_Flycatcher

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