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[[File:Olivaceous_Flatbill_Back_FRITZ.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Back Plumage<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Fritz73|Fritz73}}<br />Porto Seguro, [[Brazil]], 8 September 2017]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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15 cm
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*Dark olive head and upperparts
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*Bright green back
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*Breast area with more or less prominent grey streaks on yellowish background
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*Belly and lower underparts yellowish
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*Wings with two ochre to buff wing bars and edging to flight feathers
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*Large dark eye
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*Whitish or grey eye-ring
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===Similar species===
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Very similar to [[Eye-ringed Flatbill]] (which see). Note the wing feather edgings to distinguish the two. Maybe even more similar to [[Western Olivaceous Flatbill]] which is mainly separated by voice and which should not overlap in range.
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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'''South America''': Southern [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], to central and eastern [[Brazil]].
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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[[Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill]] and [[Western Olivaceous Flatbill]] were formerly considered a single species with the name of Olivaceous Flatbill.
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====Subspecies====
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Clements recognizes these subspecies[[#References|[1]]]:
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*''R. o. guianensis'': Southern Venezuela, the [[Guianas]] and northern Amazonian [[Brazil]]; also south Amazonian Brazil between Purus and Tapajos rivers, and northeast [[Peru]]
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*''R. o. sordidus'': Brazil south of the Amazon (Rio Tapajós to northern Maranhão)
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*''R. o. olivaceus'': North-central and eastern Brazil (eastern Pará; Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro)
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Lower levels of humid lowland forests, thickets and swamps.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
==Bird Song==
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====Diet====
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Their main diet consists of arthropods. They generally forage alone.
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====Vocalisation====
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Song is introduced with two long notes, mostly followed by 8-10 much shorter notes which may increase or decrease in pitch. Quality of the sound is buzzy or wheezing. Additionally gives a short stutter of around 6 notes which descend in quality.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct23}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen24V14.2}}#Bates, J., G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2023). Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus olivaceus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.olifla3.01
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#Birdforum Member observations
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Rhynchocyclus+olivaceus}}
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{{GSearch|"Rhynchocyclus olivaceus" {{!}} "Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill"}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Rhynchocyclus]]

Latest revision as of 16:52, 29 September 2024

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

Identification

15 cm

  • Dark olive head and upperparts
  • Bright green back
  • Breast area with more or less prominent grey streaks on yellowish background
  • Belly and lower underparts yellowish
  • Wings with two ochre to buff wing bars and edging to flight feathers
  • Large dark eye
  • Whitish or grey eye-ring

Similar species

Very similar to Eye-ringed Flatbill (which see). Note the wing feather edgings to distinguish the two. Maybe even more similar to Western Olivaceous Flatbill which is mainly separated by voice and which should not overlap in range.

Distribution

South America: Southern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, to central and eastern Brazil.

Taxonomy

Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill and Western Olivaceous Flatbill were formerly considered a single species with the name of Olivaceous Flatbill.

Subspecies

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

  • R. o. guianensis: Southern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Amazonian Brazil; also south Amazonian Brazil between Purus and Tapajos rivers, and northeast Peru
  • 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.

Vocalisation

Song is introduced with two long notes, mostly followed by 8-10 much shorter notes which may increase or decrease in pitch. Quality of the sound is buzzy or wheezing. Additionally gives a short stutter of around 6 notes which descend in quality.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. Bates, J., G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2023). Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus olivaceus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.olifla3.01
  4. Birdforum Member observations

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