Sulphury flycatcher
species of bird
The sulphury flycatcher (Tyrannopsis sulphurea) is a passerine bird of the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found on Trinidad and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Taxonomy and systematics
The sulphury flycatcher was originally described as Muscicapa sulphurea, erroneously classifying it as an Old World flycatcher. Robert Ridgway erected genus Tyrannopsis for it in 1905.
The sulphury flycatcher is the only member of its genus and has no subspecies.
Description
The sulphury flycatcher is about 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 48 to 61 g (1.7 to 2.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly dusky head with a mostly hidden orange-yellow patch in the center of the crown, an indistinct whitish supercilium, and a blackish band from the lores to the ear coverts. Their upperparts and tail are dull olive brown. Their wings are dark brownish dusky.
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