About the Golden-bellied Flycatcher
The golden-bellied flycatcher is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
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The golden-bellied flycatcher is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs about 39 to 42.5 g (1.4 to 1.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. h. hemichrysus have a thinly black-streaked, dusky grayish olive or dark sooty gray, crown and nape with a large, usually hidden, yellow patch in the center of the crown. They have a wide white supercilium, a wide blackish stripe through the lores and ear coverts, and a grayish olive or dusky cheek with a whitish stripe through it. Voice: The few studies to date have revealed little difference among the vocalizations of the three golden-bellied flycatcher subspecies. The species' dawn song is a "repeated simple phrase kwee!-tee-tu, also transcribed as tree-le-loo, squeeE-yu-drr or PSEE-chirr-rr". Its day song is a "repeated loud strident skeeew! or skeeeuu!".
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What the Golden-bellied Flycatcher sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.
When to see it
Peak activity in February · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventrisThe sulphur-bellied flycatcher is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighs about 40 to 57 g (1.4 to 2.0 oz).
Baird's FlycatcherMyiodynastes bairdiiBaird's flycatcher is about 23 cm (9.1 in) long; one female weighed 45 g (1.6 oz).
Golden-crowned FlycatcherMyiodynastes chrysocephalusThe golden-crowned flycatcher is 18.5 to 22 cm (7.3 to 8.7 in) long and weighs about 37 to 40 g (1.3 to 1.4 oz).
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