Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher
Poecilotriccus senex
The Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus senex) is a legendary tyrant flycatcher found only in Brazil, weighing about 7 g. The buff-cheeked tody-flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.
About the Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher
The buff-cheeked tody-flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Brazil.
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How to identify it
The buff-cheeked tody-flycatcher is about 9 cm (3.5 in) long. Adult males have a slate-gray forehead and forecrown with black spots and a dark olive hindcrown whose feathers extend slightly to a crest. Their face is mostly light pinkish cinnamon. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are bright olive. Their wings are blackish with pale edges on the flight feathers and yellowish white tips on the coverts; the latter show as two wing bars. Their tail is blackish. Voice: The buff-cheeked tody-flycatcher's song is "a deep, churred trill 'djrrrt', usually preceded by a few 'chup' notes". It also sometimes "gives a series of some fifteen short 'djrrrt' notes, slightly descending in pitch".
Where it lives
When to see it
Best months: April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, with peak activity in July. It is a winter visitor species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher?
- The buff-cheeked tody-flycatcher is about 9 cm (3.5 in) long. Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher?
- The Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher is a tiny sized bird weighing about 7 g.
- Where can you see a Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher?
- The Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher is endemic to Brazil, which is the only country where it occurs.
- What birds look similar to a Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher?
- The Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher is most easily confused with the Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher, the White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher and the Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher.
- Is the Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher endangered?
- The Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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