Dusky-tailed Flatbill
Ramphotrigon fuscicauda
The Dusky-tailed Flatbill (Ramphotrigon fuscicauda) is a rare tyrant flycatcher found in 5 countries, weighing about 19 g. The dusky-tailed flatbill is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.
About the Dusky-tailed Flatbill
The dusky-tailed flatbill is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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How to identify it
The dusky-tailed flatbill is 15.5 to 16.5 cm (6.1 to 6.5 in) long and weighs about 16.5 to 20.5 g (0.58 to 0.72 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark olive crown, grayish lores, and a thin yellow-green line behind the lores and under the eye on an otherwise dark olive face. Their upperparts are mostly dark olive with slightly lighter uppertail coverts. Their wings are mostly fuscous-black with thin buffy olive edges on the primaries and old gold edges on the secondaries and tertials. Their wing coverts have wide rufous brown or cinnamon edges that show as two wing bars. Voice: The dusky-tailed flatbill's dawn song is "a descending mellow whistle followed by a musical hiccup PEEWW'wichwee, in which the terminal phrase may vary, e.g. PEEWW'weeher". Its calls include "a mellow whistle followed by a decelerating, descending musical chatter: PEEEWWW trrr'PEER-peer-pur" and "a mellow falling-rising whistle: PEEeer'wee?".
Where it lives
When to see it
Best months: May, June, July, August, September, October, November, with peak activity in July. It is a winter visitor species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Dusky-tailed Flatbill?
- The dusky-tailed flatbill is 15.5 to 16.5 cm (6.1 to 6.5 in) long and weighs about 16.5 to 20.5 g (0.58 to 0.72 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Dusky-tailed Flatbill?
- The Dusky-tailed Flatbill is a small sized bird weighing about 19 g.
- Where can you see a Dusky-tailed Flatbill?
- The Dusky-tailed Flatbill occurs in 5 countries, including Peru, Brazil and Bolivia.
- What birds look similar to a Dusky-tailed Flatbill?
- The Dusky-tailed Flatbill is most easily confused with the Rufous-tailed Flatbill and the Large-headed Flatbill.
- Is the Dusky-tailed Flatbill endangered?
- The Dusky-tailed Flatbill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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