The sulphur-rumped myiobius or sulphur-rumped flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius) is a species of passerine bird in the family Tityridae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tityridae |
| Genus: | Myiobius |
| Species: | M. sulphureipygius
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| Myiobius sulphureipygius (Sclater, PL, 1857)
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This flycatcher measures 12 cm (4.7 in). It has an olive-brown head and upper back, blackish wings and tail, and a tawny breast and sides. The face and eye ring are grey while the throat is whitish. The namesake rump patch is light yellow and extends to the mid-back. The belly is also yellow, as is a small crest.[3]
Often found near streams, the sulphur-rumped myiobius participates in mixed-species flocks that move through the lower levels of the forest.
This bird often displays its rump patch by fanning its tail and dropping its wings. Its call is a sharp psit.[3]
References
edit- ^ Gill, F., Wright, M. & Donsker, D. (2009). IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ Accessed 30 August 2009
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Myiobius sulphureipygius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22731699A95036934. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22731699A95036934.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.
Further reading
edit- Skutch, Alexander F. (1960). "Sulphur-rumped myiobius" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds II. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 34. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 539–551.
External links
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- BirdLife species factsheet for Myiobius sulphureipygius
- "Myiobius sulphureipygius". Avibase.
- "Sulphur-rumped flycatcher media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Sulphur-rumped flycatcher photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Sulphur-rumped flycatcher species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- Interactive range map of Myiobius sulphureipygius at IUCN Red List maps
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