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title: "Olivscheitelbreitschnabel"
description: "Tolmomyias sulphurescens — Vögel. The yellow-olive flatbill or yellow-olive flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/yellow-olive-flatbill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Olivscheitelbreitschnabel

> Tolmomyias sulphurescens — Vögel. The yellow-olive flatbill or yellow-olive flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

- Scientific name: *Tolmomyias sulphurescens*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 4109
- Wikidata: [Q948121](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q948121)
- iNaturalist taxon: [16567](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/16567)

## Names

- en: Yellow-olive Flatbill
- de: Olivscheitelbreitschnabel
- es: Mosquerito Ojos Blancos
- fr: Tyranneau jaune-olive
- nl: Groenkapbreedbektiran
- pt: Bico-chato-de-orelha-preta
- pl: Oliwiak jasnogardły

## Countries with the most observations

BR (971), MX (605), CR (391), PA (223), CO (202), HN (141), AR (129), NI (99), BZ (77), SV (72), VE (57), EC (48)

## Summary

The yellow-olive flatbill or yellow-olive flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-olive_flatbill

## Photo

![Olivscheitelbreitschnabel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-olive-flatbill/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/244750098

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-olive-flatbill?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).