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WoodlandCup nestMedium · 70 g
What the Boat-billed Flycatcher sounds like
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The boat-billed flycatcher is 21.5 to 24 cm (8.5 to 9.4 in) long and weighs 53 to 70 g (1.9 to 2.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. p. pitangua have a blackish brown or sooty crown with a mostly hidden yellow to orange-rufous patch in the center. They have a wide white supercilium that begins at the forehead and wraps almost all the way around the nape, a wide black band from the lores to the ear coverts, and white cheeks. They have olive to dull brownish olive upperparts. Voice: The boat-billed flycatcher's dawn song has been described as a "loud but simple and clear, slightly reedy and rolled whée-dic, pprrri-iu, chirr-rr or cheer chirree, monotonously repeated". It also sings a "shorter prriu or cheer punctuated by slurred bo-oy or chrr-ee". The nominate subspecies makes a "strident nasal kryeeeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh" call; subspecies M. p.
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When to see the Boat-billed 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 Boat-billed Flycatcher
The map shades 22 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Boat-billed Flycatcher
The boat-billed flycatcher is a large member of the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country though only as a vagrant in Chile.
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Easily confused with
Common Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum cinereumThe common tody-flycatcher is a tiny, big-headed bird, 8.8 to 10.2 cm (3.5 to 4.0 in) long, weighing 4 to 8 g (0.14 to 0.28 oz), and with a long, flattened, straight bill.
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumE. alnorum is one of the larger Empidonax species, attaining a length of 13–17 cm (5.1–6.7 in), and a weight of 12–14 g (0.42–0.49 oz).
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusAdult birds have pale gray heads and upper parts, light underparts, salmon-pink flanks and undertail coverts, and dark gray wings.
Side by side: Boat-billed Flycatcher vs Scissor-tailed Flycatcher · Boat-billed Flycatcher vs Common Tody-Flycatcher · Alder Flycatcher vs Boat-billed Flycatcher
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