Euler's Flycatcher

Lathrotriccus euleri

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 11 g

What the Euler's Flycatcher sounds like

Sonogram of the Euler's Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Euler's Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Dawn song · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Euler's Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Labyrinth' trail, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Euler's flycatcher is 12.7 to 13.5 cm (5.0 to 5.3 in) long and weighs 9 to 13.8 g (0.32 to 0.49 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies L. e. euleri have a warm olive-brown crown, nape, and cheeks. They have a whitish eye-ring and a faint pale stripe above the lores. Their upperparts are mostly olive-brown with a brown rump. Their wings are dusky with pale buff ends on the coverts that show as two wing bars. Their secondaries and tertials have pale buffy-brown edges. Their tail is dusky. Voice: In Brazil Euler's flycatcher sings a "varied series of 2-5 notes, 1st one normally stressed and slightly longer than slightly descending notes; thereafter Tjeew-tjuh or Tjeew-terduh". In Venezuela its song is described as "an abrupt, almost explosive FEEU! pe'pe 'pe'p'p, 1st note loudest, last notes run together, buzzy and downscale".

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When to see the Euler's Flycatcher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Euler's Flycatcher

Regular range

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

About the Euler's Flycatcher

Euler's flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found on Trinidad and in every mainland South American country except Chile. It formerly was found on Grenada.

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Easily confused with

Side by side: Euler's Flycatcher vs Many-colored Rush Tyrant

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