Yellow-olive Flatbill

Tolmomyias sulphurescens

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Tolmomyias
eBird Code
yeofly1

Vocalizations

Cajá-manga · CC_BY_4_0
Cajá-manga · CC_BY_4_0
Cajá-manga · CC_BY_4_0
Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0
andrea_janin · CC_BY_4_0
agujaceratops · CC0_1_0

Subspecies (16)

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens aequatorialis

    western Ecuador and northwestern Peru (Tumbes and Piura)

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens asemus

    western Colombia (Cauca and Magdalena valleys)

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens berlepschi

    Trinidad

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens cherriei

    southern Venezuela to the Guianas and northern Amazonian Brazil (upper Rio Branco and Amapá)

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens cinereiceps

    tropical southern Mexico (Oaxaca) to Costa Rica

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens confusus

    eastern Andes of Colombia to southwestern Venezuela and northeastern Ecuador

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens duidae

    tepuis of southeastern Venezuela and adjacent northwestern Brazil (northern Amazonas perhaps to western Pará)

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens exortivus

    Santa Marta region of northern Colombia to northern Venezuela

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens flavoolivaceus

    Panama (westward to Chiriquí on the Pacific slope, and to Colón on the Caribbean slope) and northwestern Colombia (eastward to southwestern Bolívar)

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens grisescens

    Paraguay and northern Argentina (eastern Chaco, Formosa, and northern Santa Fe)

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens inornatus

    subtropical southeastern Peru (northern Puno)

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens insignis

    northeastern Peru (Loreto) and adjacent western Amazonian Brazil (south of Amazon River, from Rio Juruá eastward to Rio Jamundá and Rio Madeira; north of Amazon River, from lower Rio Negro to Rio Nhamundá)

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens mixtus

    northeastern Brazil (eastern Pará to northwestern Maranhão)

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens pallescens

    eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais) to northern Bolivia and northern Argentina

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens peruvianus

    southeastern Ecuador (Loja) and northern Peru (southward to Junín)

  • Tolmomyias sulphurescens sulphurescens

    southeastern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.