Brown-winged Schiffornis

Schiffornis turdina

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 32 g

What the Brown-winged Schiffornis sounds like

Sonogram of the Brown-winged Schiffornis: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Brown-winged Schiffornis: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Brown-winged Schiffornis: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The brown-winged schiffornis is 15.5 to 16.5 cm (6.1 to 6.5 in) long and weighs about 22 to 38 g (0.78 to 1.3 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies S. t. turdina have an indistinct pale ring around the eye on an otherwise brownish olive face. Their upperparts and tail are dull brownish olive. Their wings are dull brownish olive with rufescent feather edges. Their breast is a lighter brownish olive-gray and their belly and vent pale olive-gray. The other subspecies of the brown-winged schiffornis differ from the nominate and each other thus: S. t. Voice: The brown-winged schiffornis' song is a variable "sequence of normally 2–4 clear, rich musical whistles, last one sharply upslurred". It has been written as "teeeeu, weee, tu-weeeé", "weeeeee … PREE, a-weET", and "teeuu, yoowée, tu, tu-wee". The species also makes a "short rattling chatter".

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When to see the Brown-winged Schiffornis

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 Brown-winged Schiffornis

Regular range

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

About the Brown-winged Schiffornis

The brown-winged schiffornis, or brown-winged mourner, is a species of Neotropical bird in the family Tityridae, the tityras, becards, and allies. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia. Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Side by side: Brown-winged Schiffornis vs Greenish Schiffornis

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