About the Black-and-yellow Phainoptila
The black-and-yellow phainoptila or black-and-yellow silky-flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Ptiliogonatidae, the silky-flycatchers. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
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The black-and-yellow phainoptila is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long. It weighs an average of 60 g (2.1 oz). It is a heavy-bodied bird with a wide rounded tail. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a black head, back, wings, and tail. Their rump is bright yellow. Their throat is black, their breast olive-green, the center of their belly gray, and the rest of their belly, sides, flanks, and undertail coverts bright yellow. Adult females have a dark gray hindneck, face, and throat that blends through sooty gray to a dark olive-green breast. Voice: The black-and-yellow phainoptila apparently does not sing. Its calls are "igh, sharp, rather soft tsitting and tseeping notes" whose tempo and volume increase before flight.
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Where the Black-and-yellow Phainoptila lives
When to see the Black-and-yellow Phainoptila
Peak activity in March · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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