Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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What the Bran-colored Flycatcher sounds like

Sonogram of the Bran-colored Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Rosa Elena Albornoz · Song · Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Baruta (near Caracas), Baruta, Distrito Capital, Venezuela · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, song · Loja: Papaya, s bank of Río Paquishapa, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The bran-colored flycatcher is 11 to 14 cm (4.3 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 7.1 to 17 g (0.25 to 0.60 oz). The sexes very similar. Adult males of the nominate subspecies M. f. fasciatus have a reddish brown crown with a partly hidden yellow to orange-rufous patch in the middle. Both sexes have brown lores, a short yellowish white line above them, and a thin white eye-ring on an otherwise reddish brown face. Their back and rump are reddish brown. Voice: The bran-colored flycatcher's vocalizations appear to geographically vary somewhat. In Costa Rica it makes "a whistled whee, whee, whee...". In Venezuela its dawn song is "a husky, whistled tep, chew-e" that is repeated over and over. During the day it makes a "short, squeezed wee'he 'he'he'e, nasal, almost rattlelike". In Peru it sings "a repetitive series of rich notes: tchew...weet...tchee'wit.

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When to see the Bran-colored 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 Bran-colored Flycatcher

Regular range

The map shades 16 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Argentina Colombia Ecuador Peru Uruguay Venezuela Costa Rica Panama Bolivia Paraguay Chile Trinidad & Tobago French Guiana Guyana Suriname

About the Bran-colored Flycatcher

The bran-colored flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile.

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Easily confused with

Flavescent FlycatcherMyiophobus flavicansThe flavescent flycatcher is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 10.2 to 12.9 g (0.36 to 0.46 oz).

Olive-chested FlycatcherMyiophobus cryptoxanthusThe olive-chested flycatcher is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs about 8.5 to 11 g (0.30 to 0.39 oz).

Orange-crested FlycatcherMyiophobus phoenicomitraThe orange-crested flycatcher is 11.5 to 12 cm (4.5 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz).

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