Apr 14

Bird of the day

Tawny-chested flycatcher

Aphanotriccus capitalis

The tawny-chested flycatcher (Aphanotriccus capitalis), or Salvin's flycatcher, is a small Vulnerable species of passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Costa Rica and previously was also found in Nicaragua.

The tawny-chested flycatcher is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage and resemble a more brightly colored version of an Empidonax flycatcher. Adult males have a dark gray crown, dark lores with a white stripe above them, and a broken white eye-ring. Females have an olive tinge on their crown. Both sexes have an olive-green nape, back, and rump with an ochraceous tinge on all but the rump. Their wings are dusky with bright ochraceous tips on the coverts that show as two wing bars and bright ochraceous edges on the secondaries and tertials. Their tail is dusky olive. Their throat is white with a buff tinge on its sides, their breast bright cinnamon-ochre, and their belly and undertail coverts yellow. They have a dark iris, a short black bill with a dull pinkish base to the mandible, and gray legs and feet.

Aliases

Aphanotriccus capitalis

Range

Range map of Tawny-chested flycatcher