Bird Guide

Cinnamon Flycatcher

Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus

Least ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 10 g

About the Cinnamon Flycatcher

The cinnamon flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

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The cinnamon flycatcher is 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies P. c. cinnamomeus have a dark brownish crown with a partially hidden yellow patch in the center. They have a faint buffy eye-ring and patch above the lores, olive-brown cheeks and nape, and cinnamon-rufous sides of the neck. Their upperparts are olive-brown with a thin, often hidden, cinnamon-orange band on the rump. Voice: The cinnamon flycatcher does not have a dawn song. Its calls include a "dull, low-pitched...rattle, pti-i-i-i-i, spit out rather abruptly", a "stuttering pit, pti-pit-it", and "a few chip, tsip and pit notes". Another description of its main call is "a low-pitched dry rattling tr-r-r-r-r-r or dr-r-r-r-r-r".

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What the Cinnamon Flycatcher sounds like

Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where the Cinnamon Flycatcher lives

Regular range

When to see the Cinnamon Flycatcher

Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Side by side: Cinnamon Flycatcher vs Short-crested Flycatcher · Cinnamon Flycatcher vs Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant · Cinnamon Flycatcher vs Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet

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