Flavescent flycatcher

Flavescent flycatcher
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1888
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiophobus
Species: M. flavicans
Binomial name
Myiophobus flavicans
(Sclater, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Myiobius flavicans

The flavescent flycatcher (Myiophobus flavicans) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. Its name comes from flavescent, a yellowish colour. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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