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Ash-throated Casiornis

Casiornis fuscus

Least ConcernEndemicInvertebratesWoodlandSmall · 20 g

About the Ash-throated Casiornis

The ash-throated casiornis is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Brazil.

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The ash-throated casiornis is 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs about 19.5 g (0.69 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a rufous crown, a paler rufous face, a sandy brown back, and a rufous tail. Their wings are dusky with wide rufous to buff edges on the feathers. Their throat is pale grayish that becomes grayish fawn on the breast and pale creamy yellowish on the belly. They have a dark brown iris, a dark bill with a pinkish base, and blackish legs and feet. Voice: As of July 2025 xeno-canto had 10 recordings of ash-throated casiornis vocalizations; the Cornell Lab's Macaulay Library had 11 with some overlap. Its song has not been described. One call is "a short, decisive tsip!". Another call is a "very high, downslurred tjef".

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Where the Ash-throated Casiornis lives

Regular range

When to see the Ash-throated Casiornis

Peak activity in January · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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