Bird Guide

Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill

Rhynchocyclus olivaceus

Least ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 21 g

About the Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill

The eastern olivaceous flatbill is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

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The eastern olivaceous flatbill is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 18 to 24.8 g (0.63 to 0.87 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dark olive head with a white eye-ring. Their entire upperparts are dark olive. Their wings are dusky with ochre to buff edges on the wing coverts and secondaries that form two dull wing bars. Their tertials have yellow edges. Their tail is a dusky with paler outer edges on the feathers. Their throat is pale gray to pale yellow, their breast grayish olive, and their belly, flanks, and vent are pale yellow. Voice: Researchers have identified two eastern olivaceous flatbill vocalizations. Its song is a "series of some 10 notes, starting with 1‒2 long notes and followed by much shorter notes". It may either ascend or descend and may be as short as just the initial notes with two shorter ones.

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What the Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill sounds like

Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where the Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill lives

Regular range

When to see the Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill

Peak activity in March · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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