Eye-ringed flatbill
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The eye-ringed flatbill (Rhynchocyclus brevirostris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama, with a slight incursion into Colombia at the south end of its range. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Eye-ringed flatbill | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Rhynchocyclus |
Species: | R. brevirostris |
Binomial name | |
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris (Cabanis, 1847) | |
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The Pacific flatbill (R. pacificus) is sometimes still considered a subspecies of R. brevirostris.
This species measures 15 cm (5.9 in).[2] It has olive-green upperparts and green streaked breast grading to a yellowish belly and white vent. Then tail is also green. Its face is grey with a prominent white eye ring. The short, flat bill is bicolored, with the upper mandible dark grey and the lower mandible pinkish orange.
The call is a sharp shreep.[3]