Black and Yellow Phainoptila

Copyright: monacoeye • Panama, May 2010 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Black and Yellow Phainoptila
Latin: Phainoptila melanoxantha
Other: Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatcher
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes
Range: Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama

The more common name for the Black-and-yellow Phainoptila was Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatcher but Phainoptila is the name adopted by the IOC.

I only saw this one Black-and-yellow Phainoptila in Chiriqui, so considerably less numerous that its relative the Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher.