Baird's Flycatcher

Myiodynastes bairdii

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitWoodlandCavity nestSmall · 45 g

What the Baird's Flycatcher sounds like

Sonogram of the Baird's Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Manabí: Río Ayampe, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Baird's Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Guayas: Colinas de Engunga, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Baird's Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Dawn song · Guayas: 3 km E Pacoa Beach, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Baird's flycatcher is about 23 cm (9.1 in) long; one female weighed 45 g (1.6 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a pale sandy brown to whitish forecrown and sandy brown crown with light gray streaks and a usually hidden yellow patch in the center. They have a wide black "mask" that extends to the dusky ear coverts. Their upperparts are mostly olive-brown with a more rufous rump. Their wings are dusky with wide cinnamon-rufous edges on the coverts and flight feathers. Their tail is mostly rufous with some dusky edges on the outermost feathers. Voice: The dawn song of Baird's flycatcher has been described as "wrrr-yeeít...wrrr-yeeít..." repeated several times and sometimes "followed by an ascending jumbled phrase". Another description is "a loud, accelerating series of burry notes, until a final rising chatter" rewTCHI! rewTCHI! reTCHIrewTCHIrewTCHI-tip'ti'chip-awee?". Its call is a "single rewTCHI!".

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When to see the Baird's Flycatcher

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Baird's Flycatcher

Regular range

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About the Baird's Flycatcher

Baird's flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

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