Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher
- Scientific name
- Phainoptila melanoxantha
- Family
- Ptiliogonatidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Rounded
- Tail shape
- Pointed
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Why it matters
The black-and-yellow silky-flycatcher, or Phainoptila melanoxantha, is a distinct species native to the high-altitude forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. Ornithologists and bird enthusiasts prize this bird for its specific evolutionary niche and its unique morphology, characterized by rounded wings and a distinctively pointed tail that aids its movement through dense cloud forest canopy.
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About Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher
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