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Yellow-breasted Boatbill

(Machaerirhynchus flaviventer)
Alternate name(s): "Boat-billed Flycatcher", "Yellow-breasted Wherrybill", "Yellow-breasted Flatbill", "Yellow-breasted Flycatcher"
Size: 11-12.5 cm
Weight: 9-12 g
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Yellow-breasted Boatbill at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "secundus"

ADULT

MALE

Frontal view of a male Yellow-breasted Boatbill (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]

Near-frontal view of a male Yellow-breasted Boatbill (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]

Lateral view of a male Yellow-breasted Boatbill (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]

FEMALE

Near-frontal view of a female Yellow-breasted Boatbill (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]

Near-frontal view of a female Yellow-breasted Boatbill looking for prey (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]

Near-lateral/ventral view of a female Yellow-breasted Boatbill; note the name-giving extremely wide bill
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2013]

Lateral view of a female Yellow-breasted Boatbill (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Cape Tribulation, QLD, December 2019]

Dorsal/ventral view of a female Yellow-breasted Boatbill (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Julatten, QLD, July 2018]

Call(s)/Song

For this species we have recorded the following call(s)/song. The interpretation of their meaning is our own; comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.

ybrboat_me_20200927.m4a secundus
(N QLD)
Contact calls? © ME
ybrboat_me_20200927_2.m4a secundus
(N QLD)
Contact calls? © ME
ybrboat_me_20200927_3.m4a secundus
(N QLD)
Contact calls? © ME

More Yellow-breasted Boatbill sound recordings are available at xeno-canto.org .

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