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Brownish Twistwing

Cnipodectes subbrunneus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 23 g
Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus), photo 1
Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0
Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus), photo 2
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus), photo 3
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus), photo 4
Photo: Eamon Corbett · CC BY 4.0
Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus), photo 5
Photo: Abby Darrah · CC BY 4.0
Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus), photo 6
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus), photo 7
Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus), photo 8
Photo: (c) eamonccorbett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus), photo 9
Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus), photo 10
Photo: (c) Abby Darrah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Brownish Twistwing sounds like

Sonogram of the Brownish Twistwing: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: 'Gareno (Guaponi) Lodge', Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Brownish Twistwing: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · El Oro: Reserva Buenaventura 9 km WNW Piñas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Brownish Twistwing: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · El Oro: Reserva Buenaventura 9 km WNW Piñas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The brownish twistwing is 14 to 18 cm (5.5 to 7.1 in) long. The sexes have almost the same plumage; males are larger than females. Adult males of the nominate subspecies are mostly dull brown. They have a slight grayish tinge on the crown, buff lores, and prominent rictal bristles. Their wings are somewhat duskier with thin rufous-buff edges on the coverts and tertials. Their outer primaries have stiff twisted shafts that give the species its English name. Their rump and tail are a more rufous brown than the back.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Brownish Twistwing

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

Where to see the Brownish Twistwing

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Panama Ecuador Colombia Brazil Peru Bolivia

About the Brownish Twistwing

The brownish twistwing is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Rufous TwistwingCnipodectes superrufusThe rufous twistwing is 18 to 24 cm (7.1 to 9.4 in) long.

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