Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris Scientific name definitions
Text last updated April 23, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | tirà becplaner d'ulleres |
Croatian | plosnatokljuna elenija |
Dutch | Brilbreedbektiran |
English | Eye-ringed Flatbill |
English (United States) | Eye-ringed Flatbill |
French | Tyranneau à bec court |
French (Canada) | Tyranneau à bec court |
German | Augenring-Breitschnabeltyrann |
Japanese | メジロマルハシタイランチョウ |
Norwegian | brilleflatnebb |
Polish | oliwiak okularowy |
Russian | Очковый мухоед |
Serbian | Naočarasta pljosnokljuna muharka |
Slovak | ploskozob okuliarnatý |
Spanish | Picoplano de Anteojos |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Piquiplano de Anteojos |
Spanish (Honduras) | Mosquero Pico Chato |
Spanish (Mexico) | Mosquerito Pico Plano |
Spanish (Panama) | Picoplano de Anteojos |
Spanish (Spain) | Picoplano de anteojos |
Swedish | glasögonflatnäbb |
Turkish | Gözlüklü Yassıgaga |
Ukrainian | Пікоплано панамський |
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris (Cabanis, 1847)
Definitions
- RHYNCHOCYCLUS
- brevirostre / brevirostris
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Introduction
The Eye-ringed Flatbill is a reclusive flycatcher of Central America and a very small part of South America along the Panama-Colombia border. While generally fairly common, this species will sit still in the canopy, and is well-camouflaged, making it extremely difficult to see. Its call, while simple and seemingly unremarkable, is fairly distinctive and can be picked out easily with some experience: it is a single, upward, thin whistle, similar in pitch and quality to that of a Tolmomyias flycatcher, except it is given only once at a time. The Eye-ringed Flatbill is a resident of mid-elevation primary evergreen forest, as well as tall secondary forest. This species is fairly large-headed, with an evenly wide, white eye-ring. The body is generally olive, with a paler belly, and lemon edges to the tertials and secondaries. This species is similar to the Pacific Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus pacificus) and Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) of northern South America, both of which it inhabits range near to, but does not overlap with.
Field Identification
15–17 cm; 21–23 g. Large-headed flycatcher . Male has olive-green head and upperparts, conspicuous white eyering, faint dark smudge below eye, greyish lores and cheeks, paler greyish patch on auriculars bordered behind by dusky patch; wings and tail dusky with paler yellow-olive edgings, stiffened comb-like barbs on outer primaries; tail often appears notched; throat and chest dull or dusky olive-green, becoming paler with pale greyish or yellowish shaft streaks on lower breast and sides, belly pale yellow; iris dark; bill large, broad and flat, upper mandible black, lower mandible pale horn; legs grey. Differs from R. olivaceus in bolder white eyering, brighter yellow on wings. Female lacks comb-like barbs on outer primaries. Juvenile is similar but with brighter yellow on belly and edges of wing feathers, more coarse streaking on sides, little or no breast streaking and dusky on auriculars. Races differ little: pallidus is slightly paler than nominate; hellmayri is darker above and below than nominate, with duller yellow belly.
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
Formerly considered conspecific with R. pacificus. Three subspecies recognized.Subspecies
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris brevirostris Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris brevirostris (Cabanis, 1847)
Definitions
- RHYNCHOCYCLUS
- brevirostre / brevirostris
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris pallidus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris pallidus Binford, 1965
Definitions
- RHYNCHOCYCLUS
- brevirostre / brevirostris
- pallidum / pallidus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris hellmayri Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris hellmayri Griscom, 1932
Definitions
- RHYNCHOCYCLUS
- brevirostre / brevirostris
- hellmayri
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.
Habitat
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Variety of notes uttered 1–5 times, including high-pitched squeaky and rising “zweeip” or “sweeip”, a cicada-like “zzrrip”, shrill lisping “siiir” or “ssssi” note like that of Tolmomyias sulphurescens, and longer “weeep weeep wip-wip-wip” with sputtering quality.
Breeding
Conservation Status
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding