The ochre-lored flatbill (''Tolmomyias flaviventris'') or yellow-breasted flycatcher, is a

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bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in

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, ranging from

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and

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south to

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, and

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, and on both

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and

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. There are significant variations in its voice and

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, with western birds duller and more

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, and eastern and northern birds brighter and more ochre-yellow. The two are sometimes considered separate species, the western olive-faced flatbill (or flycatcher), ''T. viridiceps'', and the eastern and northern ochre-lored flatbill (or flycatcher), ''T. flaviventris''.Gill, F., Wright, M. & Donsker, D. (2009). ''IOC World Bird Names'' (version 2.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ Accessed 30 August 2009 This species is found in secondary growth and the edges of mangrove swamps. The bottle nest is made of plant fibre and suspended from a branch, usually near a

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nest, which presumably provides some protection from predators. The typical clutch is two or three creamy white eggs, which are marked with violet, mostly at the larger end. Incubation by the female is 17 days to hatching. The ochre-lored flatbill is approximately 12.7 cm long and weighs 11.3 g. The head and upperparts are olive-green with darker, yellow-edged, wing and tail feathers. There are two yellowish wing bars. The throat, breast and eye-ring are golden yellow, the lores are ochreous, and the abdomen is dull yellow. The bill is flattened laterally, and is black above and white below. Sexes are similar. There are other races, differing in the tone of the upperpart or underpart colour. Ochre-lored flatbills are inconspicuous birds, tending to keep to high perches from which they

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to catch

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s. The call is a loud whistled ''peeee-it''.

References

External links

Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the ochre-lored flatbill
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ochre-lored flatbill The ochre-lored flatbill (''Tolmomyias flaviventris'') or yellow-breasted flycatcher, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela south to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, and ...

Birds of Brazil Birds of Colombia Birds of Venezuela Birds of Trinidad and Tobago Birds of the Guiana Shield Birds of the Caatinga Birds of the Atlantic Forest

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