Conopias parvus
The Yellow-throated Flycatcher (Conopias parvus) is a vibrant and relatively small member of the Tyrannidae family, a diverse group of New World flycatchers. Measuring approximately 14 cm (5.5 inches) in length and weighing around 15-18 grams, its most striking feature is a bright yellow throat and breast, which contrasts sharply with its olive-green back and a distinctive black mask across the eyes, bordered above by a prominent white supercilium. This unique facial pattern, combined with it...
Found primarily in humid tropical lowland forests, forest edges, clearings, and along riverine woodlands, typically below 500 meters in elevation.
Feeds almost exclusively on flying insects, such as beetles, bees, and wasps, which it captures during swift aerial sallies from an exposed perch.
The Yellow-throated Flycatcher is a diurnal and highly active insectivore, often observed perching conspicuously on exposed branches high in the canopy or at the forest edge. Its primary foraging strategy involves aerial sallying, where it darts out from a perch to catch flying insects in mid-air...
The Yellow-throated Flycatcher is a resident species distributed widely across northern South America. Its primary range extends throughout the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana), southern and eastern Venezuela, and a significant portion of northern Brazil. In Venezuela, it is found in...
Least Concern
- Despite its small size, the Yellow-throated Flycatcher is a highly effective aerial predator, catching insects with remarkable agility. - It is one of four species in the genus *Conopias*, all of which share a similar 'masked' facial pattern. - This flycatcher often associates with mixed-specie...