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Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher
Nephelomyias ochraceiventris (Cabanis, 1873)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher, Nephelomyias ochraceiventris, is a passerine of the Tyrannidae family that breeds in north Peru and north-west Bolivia. It lives on the eastern Andean slope, where it uses humid montane forest and elfin forest, including both interior and edge habitat, at 2,200 to 3,700 m. It is a resident bird. Adults show an ochraceous yellow to ochraceous buff throat and breast, with a yellow belly, and the sexes are much alike. The species was first described in 1873 and is the only member of its genus.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: n Peru to nw Bolivia
