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Yellow-olive Flatbill
Dario Sanches from São Paulo, Brazil, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Songbirds & other perching birds

Yellow-olive Flatbill

Tolmomyias sulphurescens (Spix, 1825)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishYellow-olive Flatbill
DutchGroenkapbreedbektiran
SpanishMosquerito Ojos Blancos
Chinese黄绿霸鹟
Scientific nameTolmomyias sulphurescens (Spix, 1825)

About this species

The yellow-olive flatbill or yellow-olive flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrannidae
GenusTolmomyias

In Suriname

197Records in Suriname
3iNaturalist observations
1903First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne53
  • Sipaliwini45
  • Paramaribo23
  • Para13
  • Brokopondo9
  • Nickerie4
  • Wanica3
  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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