Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Pacific Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus pacificus) - HBW 9, p. 337

French: Platyrhynque de Colombie German: Pazifik-Breitschnabeltyrann Spanish: Picoplano del Pacífico

Taxonomy: Craspedoprion pacificus Chapman, 1914, Juntas de Tamaná, Chocó, Colombia.
Was for long considered a race of R. brevirostris; the two may not be sister-taxa. Monotypic.

Distribution: Chocó region of W Colombia (S from mid-Atrato Valley) and NW Ecuador (Esmeraldas S to S Pichincha).