Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
15 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1820)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (51)...)

Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [XC290272]
by Jeremy Minns from Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Ecol\u00f3gica de Murici, Alagoas, Brazil (song)

Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [XC395114]
by Felipe Arantes from BDFFP, Amazonas state, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Geographic variation subtle, and majority of subspecies weakly differentiated.

The following 9 subspecies are recognised:

bardus (Bangs & Barbour, 1922) - Eastern Panama and north-western Colombia (northern Choc� east to southern Bol��var).
mirus Meyer de Schauensee, 1950 - North-western Colombia (lower Atrato Valley and inland from coast).
flavus (Chapman, 1914) - Northern and central Colombia (Santa Marta and Magdalena to western Meta) and northern Venezuela.
jelambianus Aveledo & Perez, 1994 - North-eastern Venezuela (Sucre, northern Monagas).
tamborensis Todd, 1952 - R Lebrija (Santander), in central Colombia.
aequinoctialis (Sclater, PL, 1858) - South-central and south-eastern Colombia (Meta south to Putumayo and Amazonas) south to north-central Bolivia (Cochabamba). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Western Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis).
guianensis McConnell, 1911 - Southern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Brazil.
sordidus Todd, 1952 - Brazil south of Amazon (R Tapaj�s east to R Tocantins and northern Maranh�o).
olivaceus (Temminck, 1820) - North-central and eastern Brazil (eastern Par�; Pernambuco south to Rio de Janeiro).

References
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