The eye-ringed flatbill (Rhynchocyclus brevirostris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama, with a slight incursion into Colombia at the south end of its range. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Rhynchocyclus |
| Species: | R. brevirostris
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| Rhynchocyclus brevirostris (Cabanis, 1847)
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The Pacific flatbill (R. pacificus) is sometimes still considered a subspecies of R. brevirostris.
This species measures 15 cm (5.9 in).[2] It has olive-green upperparts and green streaked breast grading to a yellowish belly and white vent. Then tail is also green. Its face is grey with a prominent white eye ring. The short, flat bill is bicolored, with the upper mandible dark grey and the lower mandible pinkish orange.
The call is a sharp shreep.[3]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhynchocyclus brevirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22699594A93738710. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699594A93738710.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Garrigues, Richard; Dean, Robert (2007). The Birds of Costa Rica. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9.
- ^ Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.
Further reading edit
- Skutch, Alexander F. (1960). "Eye-ringed flat-bill" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds II. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 34. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 508–515.
External links edit
Media related to Rhynchocyclus brevirostris at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Rhynchocyclus brevirostris at Wikispecies- BirdLife species factsheet for Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- "Rhynchocyclus brevirostris". Avibase.
- "Eye-ringed flatbill media". Internet Bird Collection.
- Eye-ringed flatbill photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Eye-ringed flatbill species account at Neotropical Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- Interactive range map of Rhynchocyclus brevirostris at IUCN Red List maps
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