About the Black-billed Flycatcher
The black-billed flycatcher is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia and Panama.
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The black-billed flycatcher is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long. The sexes are thought to have the same plumage. Adult males have an olive-gray crown, a thin white eye-ring, and a white stripe above the lores. Their upperparts are bright greenish olive. Their wings are dusky with pale buff ends on the coverts that show as two wing bars. Their tail is rather long and dusky brown. Their throat is white, their upper breast white with a faint olive wash, and their lower breast and belly are yellowish to greenish. They have a dark iris, a short black bill, and blackish legs and feet. Voice: The black-billed flycatcher is not highly vocal. Its song is "a loud, sharply enunciated but wheezy or burry bee béé, be-be-be-bez, jee-jee-jew or fainter bee-beez-bez-baw".
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What the Black-billed Flycatcher sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in February · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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