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Passeriformes / Ptiliogonatidae / Phainoptila

Black-and-yellow Phainoptila

Phainoptila melanoxantha

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bayfly1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ptiliogonatidae
Genus: Phainoptila

Subspecies (2)

Phainoptila melanoxantha melanoxantha

cordillera of central Costa Rica to western Panama (east to Veraguas)
Phainoptila melanoxantha parkeri

mountains of northern Costa Rica (Cordilleras de Guanacaste and Tilarán)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bayfly1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.