The sulphur-rumped myiobius or sulphur-rumped flycatcher (''Myiobius sulphureipygius'') is a species of
passerine
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their ...
bird in the family
Onychorhynchidae
Onychorhynchidae is small family of suboscine passerine birds found in forest and woodland in the Neotropics.
Taxonomy and systematics
The family Onychorhynchidae was introduced (as the tribe Onychorhynchini) in 2009 by Jose Tello and collaborat ...
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It is found in
Belize
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Colombia
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Costa Rica
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Ecuador
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Guatemala
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Honduras
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, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
This flycatcher measures . 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.
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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''.][
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Myiobius, sulphur-rumped myiobius
Birds of Central America
Birds of Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena
Birds described in 1857, sulphur-rumped myiobius
Taxa named by Philip Sclater, sulphur-rumped myiobius
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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