Birds of Venezuela

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Tolmomyias (4 species, 7 worldwide)


Yellow-margined Flatbill
Yellow-margined Flatbill (Tolmomyias assimilis)
Manaus, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca   © All Rights Reserved.

Yellow-margined Flatbill
Yellow-margined Flatbill (Tolmomyias assimilis obscuriceps)
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note the lack of wing bars from yellow only being on one edge of the primaries. The lower mandible is part dark, part light, and may appear dark if not seen from below. This is now the Amazon species (formerly called Zimmer's Flatbill). The Pacific species is now called Yellow-winged Flatbill.


Ochre-lored Flatbill
Ochre-lored Flatbill (Tolmomyias flaviventris aurulentus)
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Commonly called Yellow-breasted Flycatcher or Flatbill. Uniformly colored yellow. Note two bright yellow wing bars. Ochre lore difficult to see.
Additional photo.

Grey-crowned Flatbill
Grey-crowned Flatbill (Tolmomyias poliocephalus poliocephalus)
InĂ­rida, GuainĂ­a, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note dark lower mandible (except at base) vs. Yellow-olive Flatbill, as well as overall lack of yellow.

Yellow-olive Flatbill
Yellow-olive Flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note pale lower mandible. Has wing bars unlike Yellow-margined Flatbill or Zimmer's Flatbill. Most races have a light-colored eye. Note broken eye-ring.
Nest.


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