Orange-eyed Flatbill

Orange-eyed Flatbill
Orange-eyed Flatbill[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Tolmomyias
Species: T. traylori
Binomial name
Tolmomyias traylori
Schulenberg & Parker, 1997

The Orange-eyed Flatbill or Orange-eyed Flycatcher (Tolmomyias traylori) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in the Amazon (specifically in várzea forest) in south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and north-eastern Peru. First recognized as a species due to its distinct voice, it was only described in 1997.

The binomial commemorates the American ornithologist Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr..

References

  1. ^ Gill, F., Wright, M. & Donsker, D. (2009). IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ Accessed 30 August 2009