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Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Olive-striped Flycatcher (Mionectes olivaceus) - HBW 9, p. 308

French: Pipromorphe olive German: Olivkopf-Pipratyrann Spanish: Mosquero Oliváceo

Taxonomy: Mionectes olivaceus Lawrence, 1868, Barranca, Costa Rica.
Closely related to M. striaticollis. Populations vary along two N-S clines, one from Costa Rica S to W Ecuador and the other following E base of mountains from NE Venezuela and Trinidad S to Bolivia; described race improvisus (N Cauca Valley) merged with hederaceus, as intermediate within W cline; pallidus (E Andes of Colombia in Magdalena and N Meta) and meridae (NW Venezuela and adjacent NE Colombia) are indistinct, intermediate forms within E cline, both treated as synonyms of venezuelensis. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • olivaceus Lawrence, 1868 - E Costa Rica and W Panama.
  • hederaceus Bangs, 1910 - Panama (E from Veraguas), N & W Colombia (Cauca Valley, W slope and lowlands) and W Ecuador (S to Loja).
  • galbinus Bangs, 1902 - Santa Marta region of N Colombia.

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  • olivaceus Lawrence, 1868 - E Costa Rica and W Panama.
  • hederaceus Bangs, 1910 - Panama (E from Veraguas), N & W Colombia (Cauca Valley, W slope and lowlands) and W Ecuador (S to Loja).
  • galbinus Bangs, 1902 - Santa Marta region of N Colombia.
  • venezuelensis Ridgway, 1906 - N Venezuela and S along E base of Andes to S Colombia; also Trinidad.
  • fasciaticollis Chapman, 1923 - E base of Andes from S Colombia S to S Peru and extreme N Bolivia.

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