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Photographs on this web-site were taken by Paul Smith, Hemme Batjes, Regis Nossent, Frank Fragano,
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YELLOW-OLIVE FLYCATCHER Tolmomyias sulphurescens
It is not often that a bird´s nest is more instantly recognisable than the bird itself, but that is the case with the Yellow-Olive Flycatcher in Paraguay! Whilst there are several small, green and yellow flycatchers in forested areas, only one bird constructs a hanging nest with a long, tubular entrance on the underside - the Yellow-Olive Flycatcher!
FIGURE 1 - Adult ventral view, near Bahía Negra, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Teatske Nieuborg 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Same individual (Teatske Nieuborg 2007).
FIGURE 3 - Adult, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June).
FIGURE 4 - Same individual, upperwing (Paul Smith June).
FIGURE 5 - Same individual, head detail (Regis Nossent June).
FIGURE 6 - Nest, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August 2006).
VIDEO - Adult nest-building, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August 2006).
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Tolmomyias sulphurescens call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel June 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.