Olive Flycatcher

About the Olive Flycatcher

The olive tufted flycatcher or olive flycatcher (Mitrephanes olivaceus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. The olive tufted flycatcher was originally described as a full species. For much of the twentieth century it was treated as a subspecies of the northern tufted flycatcher (M. phaeocercus) and was restored to full species status late in the century. The olive tufted and northern tufted flycatchers are the only species in genus Mitrephanes. The olive tufted flycatcher is monotypic.

The olive tufted flycatcher is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs about 8.5 g (0.30 oz). The sexes have the same plumage and both have an erect pointed crest. Adults have an olive crown, a pale spot above the lores, and a thin buff-white eye-ring on an otherwise olive face. Their upperparts are olive. Their wings are dusky with grayish olive ends on the coverts that show as two wing bars. They have faint pale edges on their secondaries and tertials. Their tail is dusky. Their throat, breast, and flanks are olive with a light ochre tinge on the breast; their central belly is a yellower... Wikipedia →