Cliff Flycatcher

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.