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Orange-eyed flatbill
Tolmomyias traylori
The orange-eyed flatbill or orange-eyed flycatcher (Tolmomyias traylori) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
The orange-eyed flatbill is about 13.5 cm (5.3 in) long; one male weighed 11.5 g (0.41 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a cinnamon forecrown with olive-gray tips on the feathers. They have an olive-gray crown, buff lores, a pale eye-ring, and cinnamon-buff ear coverts. Their nape, back, rump, and uppertail coverts are pale olive-green. Their wings are dusky with greenish yellow edges on the greater coverts that form two wing bars and thin olive-green edges on the flight feather edges, some of which also have a cream far outer edge. Their tail is dusky with olive-green outer webs on most of the feathers. Their throat and chin are whitish buff, their upper breast ochraceous buff with duller sides, their lower breast and flanks pale yellow, their belly bright yellow, and their undertail coverts cream. They have a pale orangish brown or yellowish mauve iris, a wide flat bill with a black maxilla and a pale pinkish brown mandible, and bluish gray legs and feet.
Aliases
Tolmomyias traylori