The olive-chested flycatcher (Myiophobus cryptoxanthus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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| Olive-chested flycatcher seen in Napo Province, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Myiophobus |
| Species: | M. cryptoxanthus
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| Binomial name | |
| Myiophobus cryptoxanthus (Sclater, PL, 1861)
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Taxonomy
editThe Olive-chested flycatcher was first described by English ornithologist Philip Sclater in 1861 as Myiobius cryptoxanthus, from specimens collected by Louis Fraser in Gualaquiza and Zamora in Ecuador.[2] Its species name, cryptoxanthus comes from the Greek kryptos and xanthos, meaning hidden and yellow respectively, this is a reference to its subtle yellow breast. It was considered a subspecies of bran-colored flycatcher by Cory & Hellmayr in 1927 under the name Sclater's banded flycatcher.[3][4]
Description
editThe olive-chested flycatcher is a particularly small bird, something that can be used as a distinguishing characteristic from other Myiophobus species in its range.[2] It has a light taupe cap, nape, tail, back, and cheeks and a subtle tan crown. Its lores, brow, neck, and chin are a faint beige and its wings are a dark bistre with two light-coloured wingbars and lighter tipped secondaries and primaries. The sides of its breast are grey, on either side of a sometimes faint olive-yellow middle and vent. The grey of its breast can variably appear streaked or as a single colour, either on the upper part of the breast with the belly an olive-yellow, or with the olive-yellow having the grey on either side of it by the wings.[2] Like others in its genus, it has black legs and feet, a large dark eye with a broken white eye-ring, black whiskers, and a stubby bill with a large and rounded upper mandible.[2] It weighs 8.5g to 9.8g.[5][6]
Distribution
editOriginally described as only being found in Ecuador, it was later discovered in northern Peru.[2][4] The olive-chested flycatcher likes forest edge habitat and occurs at slightly higher elevations than its relative, the bran-colored flycatcher,[3] being found at around 1,200 meters.[7] In Ecuador it is found from the province of Sucumbios down to Zamora-Chinchipe. In Peru it occurs in the departments of Cajamarca, Amazonas, Loreto, and San Martín.
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myiophobus cryptoxanthus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22699708A93744452. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699708A93744452.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Sclater, Philip Lutley (1860). "Characters of Ten New Species of American Birds". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28 (3): 465. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ a b Parker, Theodore A.; Parker, S. A. (1982). "BEHAVIORAL AND DISTRIBUTIONAL NOTES ON SOME UNUSUAL BIRDS OF A LOWER MONTANE CLOUD FOREST IN PERU". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 102 (2): 65. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ a b Hellmayr, Carl Eduard; Cory, Charles B. (1927). "Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. 5. Tyrannidae". Catalogue of Birds of the Americas and the Adjacent Islands in Field Museum of Natural History and Including All Species and Subspecies Known to Occur in North America, Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies, and Islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Galapagos Archipelago, and Other Islands Which May Properly be Included on Account of Their Faunal Affinities. 13: 254. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Rahbek, Carsten; Bloch, Hanne; Poulsen, Michael Koie; Rasmussen, Jan Fischer (1993). "Avian body weights from southern Ecuador". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 113 (2): 105. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Olive-chested Flycatcher". Avibase. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Pitman, Nigel; Moskovits, Debra K.; Alverson, William S.; Borman, Randall A. (2002). "Ecuador : Serranías Cofán-Bermejo, Sinangoe". Rapid Biological Inventories: 198. Retrieved 27 July 2024.