His ornate look is further enhanced by a pair of white headlights and a lemon-yellow rump!
Meet Ornate Flycatcher
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The ornate flycatcher (Myiotriccus ornatus) measures 12 cm in length with a gray head and throat, becoming more black on the face and crown, with highly visible pre-ocular (headlight-like) spots in front of each eye and a yellow stripe on his crown. The back is olive green turning to yellow on the rump area. The chest is olive green too and bright yellow below.
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The tail differs amongst the various subspecies.
Though it is dark brown with rufous at the base in the nominal species.
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This bird is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Ornate flycatchers are normally found at the edges of humid tropical and subtropical montane and foothill forests, between 600 and 2000 meters above sea level.
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These birds dine on insects by taking short sallies into the air and hunting them on the wing.
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Little is known about the breeding habits of the Ornate flycatcher other than a spherical nest is built with a side entrance fixed to a solid structure around 0.8 to 5 meters above the ground.
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This bird is regarded as of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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You can watch this bird right here in the video below:
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