Olive-striped flycatcher

Olive-striped flycatcher
near Zamora, Ecuador
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Mionectes
Species:	M. galbinus
Binomial name
Mionectes galbinus Bangs, 1902

The olive-striped flycatcher (Mionectes galbinus) is a species of

.

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

Its natural

, and heavily degraded former forest.

Physical Description

The Olive-Stripped Flycatcher is of olive-green coloration, as its name indicated. It has some streaky underparts and pale spots behind its eyes, with narrow wings. It is commonly confused with its close relative, the Streak-Necked Flycatcher. What differentiates them the mot is that the Olive-Stripped has a much more greener head and lacks the solid gray discoloration on its forehead,face and neck, which the Streaked-Necked Flycatcher exhibits.

References

Schulenberg, T. S., Stotz, D. F., Lane, D. F., O'Neill, J. P., & Parker, T. A. (2010). Birds of Peru: Revised and updated edition. Princeton University Press.