Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Trevor Van Loon, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Trevor Van Loon · cc-by

Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus), photo 2 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus), photo 3 — Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus), photo 4 — Photo: datadan · CC BY 4.0

Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus), photo 5 — Photo: Giovana A. Valencia · CC BY 4.0

Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus), photo 6 — Photo: Giovana A. Valencia · CC BY 4.0

Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus), photo 7 — Photo: Guy Babineau · CC BY 4.0

What the Bright-rumped Attila sounds like

Sonogram of the Bright-rumped Attila: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: 'Gareno (Guaponi) Lodge', Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: Estero Ayapata 3.5.km WSW Archidona, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: Estero Ayapata 3.5.km WSW Archidona, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The bright-rumped attila is a large tyrant flycatcher with a big head, hooked and slightly upturned bill and upright stance. It is 7 inches (18 cm) long and weighs 1.4 oz (40 g). The head is olive-green streaked with black, the back is chestnut or olive, the rump bright yellow and the tail brown. The wings are dark brown with two pale wing bars and paler feather edging. The whitish or yellow throat and yellow breast are variably streaked darker. The belly is white becoming yellow near the tail. The iris is red.

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When to see the Bright-rumped Attila

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

Where to see the Bright-rumped Attila

Regular range

The map shades 18 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Belize Mexico Panama Colombia Brazil Guatemala Peru Ecuador Honduras Nicaragua Guyana Venezuela Trinidad & Tobago French Guiana Bolivia Suriname El Salvador

About the Bright-rumped Attila

The bright-rumped attila or polymorphic attila is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family (Tyrannidae). It breeds from northwestern Mexico to western Ecuador, Bolivia and southeastern Brazil, and on Trinidad.

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Easily confused with

Grey-hooded AttilaAttila rufusThe grey-hooded attila is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 36.5 to 51.5 g (1.3 to 1.8 oz).

Cinnamon AttilaAttila cinnamomeusThe cinnamon attila is about 19.5 to 20.5 cm (7.7 to 8.1 in) long and weighs 28 to 45 g (0.99 to 1.6 oz).

White-eyed AttilaAttila bolivianusThe white-eyed attila is 19 to 22 cm (7.5 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 40 to 45 g (1.4 to 1.6 oz).

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