Orange-banded Flycatcher

About the Orange-banded Flycatcher

The orange-banded flycatcher (Nephelomyias lintoni) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The orange-banded flycatcher was originally described in 1951 as Myiophobus lintoni. Its specific epithet honors M. Albert Linton, who at the time was the president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. A study published in 2009 determined that the orange-banded flycatcher and two other species did not belong in Myiophobus so the genus Nephelomyias was created for them in 2010.

The orange-banded flycatcher is monotypic. It and the ochraceous-breasted flycatcher (N. ochraceiventris) are sister species and form a superspecies. The orange-banded flycatcher is 12.5 to 13 cm (4.9 to 5.1 in) long; two males weighed 9.5 and 10 g (0.34 and 0.35 oz). The sexes are very similar. Adult males have a very dark brownish olive crown with a partly hidden yellow, orange, or rufous patch in the middle. Both sexes have a thin very pale yellow eye-ring on an otherwise dark brownish olive face. Their back and rump are dark brownish olive. Their wings are dusky with thin buffy or whitish... Wikipedia →