Yellow-olive flatbill

Tolmomyias sulphurescens

The Yellow-olive flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens) is a bird found in Brazil, Costa Rica, Belize, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, and 1 more countries. Rainforest and edges from Mexico to Brazil. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Region	North America
Found in	Brazil, Costa Rica, Belize, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, and 1 more countries

🏡 Where the Yellow-olive flatbill lives

Rainforest and edges from Mexico to Brazil.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs90%
🍎 Fruit10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 It builds a hanging nest shaped like a tiny pouch.

Hear the Yellow-olive flatbill

Recorded by Marcos E. Sosa (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1141330. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Yellow-olive flatbill

Where does the Yellow-olive flatbill live?

The Yellow-olive flatbill lives in Brazil, Costa Rica, Belize, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, and 1 more countries. Rainforest and edges from Mexico to Brazil.

What does the Yellow-olive flatbill eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 90%), fruit (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Yellow-olive flatbill endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.