November 5, 2025

Why in news?

  • Recently, a New Species of Bird named Flatbill flycatchers have been discovered in South America.

About Flatbill flycatchers

  • Flatbill flycatcher is members of rubric Rhynchocyclusin simply New World family Tyrannidae.
  • Four given species in this rubric are distributed across southern Mexico to north-eastern Bolivia, Brazil and eastern Venezuela.
  • Olivaceous flatbill (Rhynchocyclus olivaceus),
  • Eye- ringed flatbill (Rhynchocyclus brevirostris),
  • Pacific flatbill (Rhynchocyclus pacificus) and
  • Fulvous-breasted flatbill (Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus).
  • The recently discovered species has been named as cryptic flatbill (Rhynchocyclus cryptus) after its remarkable morphological cryptic nature.
  • It largely contrasts with its high situations of oral and inheritable isolation.
  • The species prefers seasonally swamped lowland timbers (varzea), including degraded patches near to mortal agreements.
  • Other region of its preference are Amazon River, banks of Madeira River in Amazonas & Acre in Brazil, west of Maranon River in Peru, and south to north or central Bolivia in the Mamore.
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