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Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill

Rhynchocyclus olivaceus (Temminck, CJ 1820)

The olivaceous flatbill is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Pipromorphidae
Genus:
   Rhynchocyclus
Scientific:
  Rhynchocyclus olivaceus


Original description

Citation:
  (Temminck, CJ 1820)

Reference:
   Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois. livr.2, vol.3 pl.12 fig.1

Protonym:
  Platyrhynchos olivaceus

Type locality:
  Brazil; restricted to Rio de Janeiro by Pinto, 1944, Cat. Aves Brasil (Publ. Dept. Zool., São Paulo), pt. 2, p. 214.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112979#page/175/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5BC79C4141C9406A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5BC79C41

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5BC79C41


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 562782

Geographic range:

  • Rhynchocyclus olivaceus: tropical rain forest, sandy-soil and black-water forest in the Río Orinoco and Amazon River basins from eastern Venezuela and the Guianas southward across central and eastern Amazonia in Brazil to northern Mato Grosso, Rondônia and possibly northeastern Bolivia; also in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil from Pernambuco southward to Rio de Janeiro
  • Rhynchocyclus olivaceus olivaceus: north-central and eastern Brazil (eastern Pará; Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro)
  • Rhynchocyclus olivaceus guianensis: southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Amazonian Brazil; also southern Amazonian Brazil between the Rio Purus and Rio Tapajós, and northeastern Peru
  • Rhynchocyclus olivaceus sordidus: Brazil south of the Amazon River (Rio Tapajós to northern Maranhão)
English:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill
Bulgarian:
Източна плоскоклюна мухоловка
Catalan:
tirà becplaner olivaci
Czech:
ploskozobec olivový
Danish:
Olivenfladnæb
German:
Ostamazonien-Breitschnabeltyrann
Esperanto:
oliveca platbekulo
Spanish:
Picoplano oliváceo
Spanish (Spain):
Picoplano Oliváceo
Finnish:
viherlattanokka
French:
Tyranneau olivâtre
Croatian:
glavata elenija
Italian:
Beccopiatto olivaceo
Japanese (romaji):
maruhashitairanchou
Japanese:
マルハシタイランチョウ
Lithuanian:
alyvinis plokščiasnapis tironas
Dutch:
Oostelijke Groene Breedbektiran
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Olivenflatnebb
Norwegian:
olivenflatnebb
Polish:
oliwiak zielonawy
Portuguese:
bico-chato-grande
Portuguese (Brazil):
bico-chato-grande [grupo olivaceus]
Portuguese (Portugal):
bico-chato-oliváceo
Russian:
Оливковый тиранн-плоскоклюв
Slovak:
ploskozob olivový
Serbian:
Istočna maslinasta muharka
Swedish:
olivflatnäbb
Turkish:
Zeytuni Yassıgaga
Ukrainian:
пікоплано оливковий
Chinese:
绿扁嘴霸鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
橄欖色扁嘴霸鶲


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Olivaceous Flatbill [olivaceus] ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus [olivaceus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Olivaceous Flatbill [nominate] ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus [olivaceus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Olivaceous Flatbill [nominate] ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus [olivaceus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Olivaceous Flatbill [nominate] ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus [olivaceus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Olivaceous Flatbill [nominate] ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus [olivaceus])
Avilist 2025:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
Clements, version 2023:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Olivaceous Flatbill (Eastern) ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus [olivaceus Group])
eBird version 2018:
Olivaceous Flatbill (Eastern) ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus [olivaceus Group])
eBird version 2019:
Olivaceous Flatbill (Eastern) ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus [olivaceus Group])
eBird version 2021:
Olivaceous Flatbill (Eastern) ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus [olivaceus Group])
eBird version 2022:
Olivaceous Flatbill (Eastern) ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus [olivaceus Group])
eBird version 2023:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill ( Rhynchocyclus olivaceus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Rhynchocyclus [olivaceus or aequinoctialis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Bulgarian: Източна плоскоклюна мухоловка
Catalan: tirà becplaner olivaci
Czech: ploskozobec olivový
Danish: Olivenfladnæb
German: Amazonien-Breitschnabeltyrann [olivaceus-Gruppe], Ostamazonien-Breitschnabeltyrann
English: Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill, Olivaceous Flatbill (Eastern), Olivaceous Flatbill [nominate], Olivaceous Flatbill [olivaceus]
English (Avilist): Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill
English, HBW: Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill
English (IOC): Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill, Olivaceous Flatbill (Eastern)
English (United States): Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill, Olivaceous Flatbill (Eastern)
Esperanto: oliveca platbekulo
Spanish: Picoplano oliváceo, Picoplano Oliváceo (grupo olivaceus)
Spanish (Ecuador): Picoplano Oliváceo [Grupo olivaceus], Picoplano Oliváceo Oriental
Spanish (Spain): Picoplano oliváceo, Picoplano oliváceo (grupo olivaceus)
Spanish (Panama): Picoplano Oliváceo [grupo olivaceus]
Spanish (Peru): Pico-Plano Oliváceo [grupo olivaceus]
Spanish (Venezuela): Pico Chato Aceitunado [grupo olivaceus], Pico Chato Aceitunado Guayanés
Finnish: Viherlattanokka
French: Platyrhynque olivâtre [nominal], Tyranneau olivâtre, Tyranneau olivâtre (groupe olivaceus), Tyranneau olivâtre (olivaceus), Tyranneau olivâtre [nominal], Tyranneau olivâtre [olivaceus]
French (AOU): Platyrhynque olivâtre [olivaceus]
French (Guyane): Tyranneau olivâtre (groupe olivaceus)
Croatian: glavata elenija
Italian: Beccopiatto olivaceo
Japanese (romaji): maruhashitairanchou (olivaceus guru-pu)
Japanese: マルハシタイランチョウ, マルハシタイランチョウ (olivaceus グループ), マルハシタイランチョウ(olivaceus グループ)
Scientific: Platyrhynchos olivaceus, Rhynchocyclus olivaceus, Rhynchocyclus olivaceus [olivaceus Group], Rhynchocyclus olivaceus [olivaceus], Rhynchocyclus olivaceus olivaceus, Todus olivaceus, Todus olivaceus
Lithuanian: Alyvinis plokščiasnapis tironas
Dutch: Groene Breedbektiran, Oostelijke Groene Breedbektiran
Norwegian: Olivenflatnebb, olivenflatnebb (olivaceus gr.)
Polish: oliwiak zielonawy, oliwiak zielonawy [gr. olivaceus]
Portuguese: bico-chato-grande
Portuguese (Brazil): bico-chato-grande [grupo olivaceus]
Portuguese (Portugal): bico-chato-oliváceo, bico-chato-oliváceo [grupo olivaceus]
Russian: Оливковый мухоед [группа olivaceus], Оливковый тиранн-плоскоклюв
Slovak: ploskozob olivový, ploskozob olivový (skup.)
Serbian: Istočna maslinasta muharka
Swedish: Olivflatnäbb, olivflatnäbb [gruppen olivaceus]
Turkish: Zeytuni yassıgaga, Zeytuni yassıgaga [olivaceus grubu]
Ukrainian: Пікоплано оливковий, Пікоплано оливковий [група olivaceus]
Chinese: 绿扁嘴霸鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 橄欖色扁嘴霸鶲

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