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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!
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Gallery 1 - Tolmomyias sulphurescens sulphurescens - Eastern Paraguay
FIGURE 1a - (FPAVE1096PH) Adult carrying nest material, Isla Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 1b - (FPAVE1097PH) Adult ventral view, near Bahía Negra, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Teatske Nieuborg 2007).
FIGURE 1c -  (FPAVE1098PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1097PH) (Teatske Nieuborg 2007).
FIGURE 1d -  (FPAVE1099PH) Adult, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June).
FIGURE 1e -  (FPAVE1100PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1099PH) head detail (Regis Nossent June).
FIGURE 1f -  (FPAVE1101PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1099PH) upperwing (Paul Smith June).
FIGURE 1g -  (FPAVE1102PH) Nest lateral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith October 2010).
FIGURE 1h -  (FPAVE1103PH) Same nest as (FPAVE1102PH) from the front (Paul Smith October 2010).
FIGURE 1i -  (FPAVE1104PH) Same nest as (FPAVE1102PH) from below (Paul Smith October 2010).
VIDEO A -  (FPAVE1105VI) Adult nest-building, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August 2006).
VIDEO B -  (FPAVE1106VI) Adult with young, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith December 2009).
VIDEO C - (FPAVE1107VI) Adult carrying nest material, Isla Yacyreta, Departamento Misiones (Paul Smith September 2010).
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Tolmomyias sulphurescens sulphurescens
1 (FPAVE1108PH) Call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel June 2007).
2 (FPAVE1109PH) Call recorded Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith October 2008).
3 (FPAVE1093RE) 3-note calls  recorded Punto Alto, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Myriam Velázquez January 2003).
4 (FPAVE1094RE) Fast calls recorded Santa Ines, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Myriam Velázquez June 2001).
5 (FPAVE1095RE) Calls recorded Retiro Sapucaí, Departamento Caaguazú (Myriam Velázquez November 2002).
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.
Gallery 2 - Tolmomyias sulphurescens grisescens - Western Paraguay
FIGURE 2a - (FPAVE3025PH) Adult, Madrejón, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith August 2011).
FIGURE 2b -  (FPAVE3026PH) Same individual as (FPAVE3025PH)
(Paul Smith August 2011).
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