Tawny-breasted Myiobius (Myiobius villosus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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ForestDomed nestTiny · 14 g

Tawny-breasted Myiobius (Myiobius villosus), photo 1 — Photo: tomas_kay · CC BY 4.0

Tawny-breasted Myiobius (Myiobius villosus), photo 2 — Photo: Cullen Hanks · CC BY 4.0

Tawny-breasted Myiobius (Myiobius villosus), photo 3 — Photo: Cullen Hanks · CC BY 4.0

Tawny-breasted Myiobius (Myiobius villosus), photo 4 — Photo: (c) tomas_kay, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Tawny-breasted Myiobius (Myiobius villosus), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Cullen Hanks, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Tawny-breasted Myiobius sounds like

Sonogram of the Tawny-breasted Myiobius: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: near Panguri, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The tawny-breasted myiobius grows to a length of about 14 cm (5.5 in). The upper parts are mainly dark olive, and the rump is yellow. There is usually a yellow patch on the crown in males that is normally kept hidden; this patch is cinnamon-brown in females. The underparts are mainly reddish-brown, the throat is dull white and the centre of the belly has a pale yellow patch. The otherwise similar sulphur-rumped myiobius (Myiobius sulphureipygius) has paler upper parts and much yellower underparts, with tawniness only present at the sides.

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When to see the Tawny-breasted Myiobius

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Tawny-breasted Myiobius

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Colombia Peru Venezuela Bolivia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Panama.

About the Tawny-breasted Myiobius

The tawny-breasted myiobius or tawny-breasted flycatcher is a species of passerine bird in the family Onychorhynchidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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Easily confused with

Sulphur-rumped MyiobiusMyiobius sulphureipygiusThe sulphur-rumped myiobius or sulphur-rumped flycatcher is a species of passerine bird in the family Onychorhynchidae.

Black-tailed MyiobiusMyiobius atricaudusThe black-tailed myiobius closely resembles the whiskered myiobius (M. barbatus) and the sulphur-rumped myiobius (M. sulphureipygius) in appearance, with olive upper parts and a yellow rump.

Whiskered MyiobiusMyiobius barbatusThe whiskered myiobius is very similar in appearance to several closely related species.

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