About the Drab Water Tyrant
The drab water tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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The drab water tyrant is 13 to 13.5 cm (5.1 to 5.3 in) long and weighs about 13 g (0.46 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark sandy brown crown and a faint whitish supercilium on an otherwise medium sandy brown face. Their nape and back are medium sandy brown and their rump a paler sandy brown. Their wings and tail are dusky brown. Their underparts are a paler sandy brown than their back. They have a dark iris, a blackish bill, and blackish legs and feet. Voice: The drab water tyrant seldom vocalizes. Its song is "a rapid excited series of rattling chatters: chip-chew treeee-chew treeee-chew treeee-chew treeee-chew". Its call has variously been described as "a weak, whistled fwoit or fweet", "an occasional soft free", and "a high, squeaky pee'ip or peep".
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Where the Drab Water Tyrant lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in French Guiana.
When to see the Drab Water Tyrant
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Slender-footed TyrannuletZimmerius gracilipesThe slender-footed tyrannulet is 9 to 12 cm (3.5 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 6.6 to 9.5 g (0.23 to 0.34 oz).
Yellow-browed Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum chrysocrotaphumThe yellow-browed tody-flycatcher is 8.6 to 10 cm (3.4 to 3.9 in) long and weighs about 7 g (0.25 oz).
Greyish MournerRhytipterna simplexThe greyish mourner is 19.5 to 20.5 cm (7.7 to 8.1 in) long and weighs 33 to 38 g (1.2 to 1.3 oz).
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