Pacific Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus pacificus)
About the Pacific Flatbill
The Pacific flatbill (Rhynchocyclus pacificus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. The Pacific flatbill was originally described in 1914 as Craspedoprion pacificus. It had been known to ornithologists but was believed to be conspecific with what is now the western olivaceous flatbill (Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis). It was later treated by many authors as a subspecies of the eye-ringed flatbill (R. brevirostris) but by the mid-twentieth century was widely accepted as a full species. By the late twentieth century some taxonomists treated the Pacific and eye-ringed flatbills as a superspecies but later study showed that the Pacific flatbill is basal to all other members of Rhynchocyclus. The Pacific flatbill is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 15 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Colombia, Ecuador in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Olivaceous FlatbillRhynchocyclus olivaceusrecording
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