Ornate flycatcher
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Myiotriccus Ridgway, 1905 |
| Species: | M. ornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Myiotriccus ornatus (Lafresnaye, 1853)
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The ornate flycatcher (Myiotriccus ornatus) is a species of
Tyrannidae. It is the only member of the genus Myiotriccus.[2] It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
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The ornate flycatcher is a fairly small flycatcher at an average length of 12 cm (4.7 in) and weighing about 13.5 grams (0.5 oz). It is very distinctive in the field due to its bright yellow belly, white post-ocular spots, dusky head and conspicuous large yellow rump against dusky wings. In
montane forests
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References
- . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Ornate Flycatcher (Myiotriccus ornatus)". The Internet Bird Collection. Retrieved 1 December 2011.