Golden-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes hemichrysus) [XC824569]
by Bobby Wilcox from Pava Negra Nature Reserve - Florencia, Caquet\u00e1., Colombia (call)
Golden-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes hemichrysus) [XC518278]
by Jerome Fischer from San Gerardo Biological Station, Guanacaste, Costa Rica (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Affinities of genus uncertain. Long hypothesized as being closest to Conopias, largely on basis of similar hole-nesting tendencies. Genus probably monophyletic, although this only weakly supported by recent analyses of molecular-sequence data (likely due to inappropriate markers for the apparently long branches and deep level of divergence within genus). Results of separate analyses of plumage/syringeal morphology and molecular data were not completely congruent, but do suggest some strong tentative conclusions. Previously considered conspecific with Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus). Recovered as sister-taxa under certain coding schemes of morphological characters, and as a clade with very strong bootstrap support in all analyses of molecular data.