Cliff Flycatcher

Hirundinea ferruginea

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedInvertebratesRockyCup nestSmall · 31 g

What the Cliff Flycatcher sounds like

Sonogram of the Cliff Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: km 11.6 Narupa-Loreto road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The cliff flycatcher is 15.5 to 18.5 cm (6.1 to 7.3 in) long and weighs 21 to 42 g (0.74 to 1.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies H. f. ferruginea have a brown crown and sides of the head, grayish forehead and ear coverts, a whitish supercilium, and a dark line through the eye. Their upperparts are brown. Their primary wing coverts are blackish brown with bright orange bases. Their secondary coverts and tertials are dark brown. Their primaries and secondaries are mostly orange with dark brown tips that extend up the outer webs of most of them. Voice: The "cliff" and "swallow" groups of the cliff flycatcher have different vocalizations. The northern and Andean "cliff" flycatchers sing "a two note ti-wee or ki-lee". They also make "single pip calls". The southern "swallow" flycatchers sing a "loose series of short phrases uttered at a leisurely pace a two note prrr-wheu.

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When to see the Cliff Flycatcher

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

Where to see the Cliff Flycatcher

Regular range

The map shades 13 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Cliff Flycatcher

The cliff flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is known in every mainland South American country except Chile and may occur there as well.

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