D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant

Ochthoeca oenanthoides

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandCavity nestSmall · 18 g

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D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant is 15 to 15.5 cm (5.9 to 6.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a grayish or grayish brown crown, a wide whitish supercilium that begins at the lores and extends well past the eye, and a blackish "mask". Their upperparts are grayish brown or grayish. Their wings are a duskier grayish brown with a weak grayish cinnamon wing bar. The wing's secondaries have thin white edges and their tertials grayish cinnamon edges. Their tail is dusky grayish brown with white outer webs of the outermost feathers. Voice: One vocalization of D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant is described as "a weak, squeaky chatter, often in duet of tee'per phrases". Another description is a "fairly musical reeka-teekera...reeka-teekera...".

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When to see the D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant

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 D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant

D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

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Side by side: D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant vs White-browed Chat-Tyrant

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