Other Scientific Names
Conopias parva [BirdLife International (2004)], Conopias parva [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Conopias parva [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Other Names (World)
Yellow-throated Flycatcher, Yellow-crowned Flycatcher
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
Southern and eastern Venezuela (western Amazonas eastern locally to eastern Bolívar), extreme eastern Colombia (eastern Vaupés, Guainía), very locally north-eastern Ecuador (eastern Sucumbíos, extreme south-eastern Pastaza), extreme north-eastern Peru (northern Loreto); also the Guianas, and Brazil primarily north of Amazon and R Solimíµes (locally from northern Roraima and upper R Negro south to lower R Negro near Manaus, east to Amapá; also recorded south of Tefé near R Urucu, in western Amazonas).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Yellow-throated Flycatcher (Conopias parvus) [XC210078]
by Jeremy Minns from Rio Grande, Sierra de Imataca, Bol\u00edvar, Venezuela (call)
Yellow-throated Flycatcher (Conopias parvus) [XC272238]
by Jonas Nilsson from Mozeskreek area, W Suriname, Suriname (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Has been hypothesized, on basis of hole-nesting behaviour, that genus may be most closely related to Myiodynastes, with this clade basal to a "Tyrannus group" that also includes Megarynchus, Tyrannopsis, Empidonomus and Griseotyrannus. However, molecular-sequence data do not support an affinity between these two genera, but strongly suggest that present genus is part of that group to the exclusion of Myiodynastes. This species was formerly placed with White-ringed Flycatcher (Conopias albovittatus) in a separate genus, Coryphotriccus, on grounds mainly of slightly larger bill and presence of a coronal patch, but syringeal morphology is similar to that of present genus. The two are sometimes considered conspecific, but differ in plumage and, especially, voice. Furthermore, molecular-sequence data indicate substantial divergence between them, but also that they are closely related and represent a sister-group to a clade consisting of Lemon-browed Flycatcher (Conopias cinchoneti) and Three-striped Flycatcher (Conopias trivirgatus).