Sapayoa

Sapayoa aenigma

Least Concern

The Sapayoa is a plain olive bird of humid lowland forest from eastern Panama through Colombia's Choco to northwest Ecuador. Long an evolutionary puzzle, it looks like a small flycatcher but is actually the only New World member of an Old World lineage related to the broadbills and asities. Fun fact: Its closest relatives live in Africa, Asia, and Madagascar, making it a lone survivor of an ancient group in the Americas.

Family

Sapayoidae

Group

Sapayoa

Range

Sapayoa Range — Humid lowland forests from eastern Panama to northwest Ecuador

Population

≈ Not quantified

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