Unadorned Flycatcher
Myiophobus inornatus
Dull, medium-sized flycatcher of montane forest. Greenish gray, with dull reddish wings that have weak reddish wing bars. Many individuals have a complete pale whitish eye-ring. Perches upright in the midstory of montane forest, where pairs and individuals may join mixed-species flocks. Compared to the similar Flavescent Flycatcher which overlaps with it in places, Unadorned has a more obvious circular eye-ring (as opposed to more of a black eye-line with a broken eye-ring in Flavescent) and is grayer overall; it is also typically found at lower elevations.
Identification
It is olive above with rufous edging on blackish wing feathers and pale, dull yellow below.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Myiophobus inornatus
- Authority
- Carriker, 1932
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Myiophobus
Range and habitat
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
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Distribution
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