Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)

[order] Passeriformes | [family] Tyrannidae | [latin] Rhynchocyclus olivaceus | [IT] Beccopiatto olivaceo | [UK] Olivaceous Flatbill | [FR] Platyrhynque olivatre | [DE] Oliv-Breitschnabeltyrann | [ES] Picoplano Olivaceo | [NL] Groene Breedbektiran | [SU]-

Subspecies

Physical charateristics

Above olive-green with dusky wings edged olive-buff. Tail greyish with olive-green edges. Throat and breast greysih-olive slightly streaked yellow, rest of underparts pale yellow, becoming olive colored at the sides. Sexes are alike with black upper and flesh colored lower mandible.

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Range

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. Found in most of Amazonia and the coastal forests from Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro, this bird lives alone or among mixed-species flocks in forests and capoeiras.

Reproduction

Builds a pear shaped nest with a entrance at the bottom. Often neighboring wasp nests. Clutch 2-3 eggs. No further data. It uses the nest for sleeping even outside the mating season.

Feeding habits

Forages for anthropods by perch gleaning. Picks prey with short sallies from underside of leafs and branches. Often seen in at the edge of understorey and commonly in mixed-species flocks. When hunting, it perches for a few moments, examines the surroundings, then swiftly flies away to catch insects in the foliage, quickly reassuming its perch.

Conservation

This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 5,700,000 km2. The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population size criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., less than 10,000 mature individuals in conjunction with appropriate decline rates and subpopulation qualifiers), even though the species is described as ‘uncommon’ in at least parts of its range (Stotz et al. 1996). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Migration

Sedentary throughout range.

Distribution map