Olive-striped flycatcher

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Olive-striped flycatcher
Olive-striped flycatcher.jpg
near Zamora, Ecuador
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Mionectes
Species:
M. galbinus
Binomial name
Mionectes galbinus
Bangs, 1902

The olive-striped flycatcher (Mionectes galbinus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Physical Description

The Olive-Stripped Flycatcher is of olive-green coloration, as its name indicated. It has some streaky underparts and pale spots behind its eyes, with narrow wings. It is commonly confused with its close relative, the Streak-Necked Flycatcher. What differentiates them the mot is that the Olive-Stripped has a much more greener head and lacks the solid gray discoloration on its forehead,face and neck, which the Streaked-Necked Flycatcher exhibits.

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References

Schulenberg, T. S., Stotz, D. F., Lane, D. F., O'Neill, J. P., & Parker, T. A. (2010). Birds of Peru: Revised and updated edition. Princeton University Press.

  1. BirdLife International (2021). "Mionectes galbinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T103680162A168235921. Retrieved 12 November 2021.