How big is a Golden-crowned Flycatcher?

The Golden-crowned Flycatcher is a small sized bird weighing about 38 g.

Where can you see a Golden-crowned Flycatcher?

The Golden-crowned Flycatcher occurs in 6 countries, including Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina and Ecuador.

What does a Golden-crowned Flycatcher sound like?

You can listen to 3 field recordings of the Golden-crowned Flycatcher on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.

What birds look similar to a Golden-crowned Flycatcher?

The Golden-crowned Flycatcher is most easily confused with the Baird's Flycatcher, the Golden-bellied Flycatcher and the Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher.

Is the Golden-crowned Flycatcher endangered?

The Golden-crowned Flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Golden-crowned Flycatcher

Myiodynastes chrysocephalus

Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies · Passeriformes · Rare

The Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus) is a rare tyrant flycatcher found in 6 countries, weighing about 38 g. The golden-crowned flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.

Least ConcernRareEats invertebratesforestcavity nest38 g

Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus), photo 1 — Photo: Allan Harris · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus), photo 2 — Photo: Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus), photo 3 — Photo: Jonathan Juan Chancasana Villacorta · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus), photo 4 — Photo: Joe crutwell · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus), photo 5 — Photo: russnamitz · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus), photo 6 — Photo: ecovore · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus), photo 7 — Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus), photo 8 — Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus), photo 9 — Photo: Naturalist Tours · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus), photo 10 — Photo: Leonel Roget · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About the Golden-crowned Flycatcher

The golden-crowned flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.

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How to identify it

The 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). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a brownish gray to dusky crown with a usually hidden golden-yellow patch in the center. They have a long white supercilium on an otherwise mostly grayish dusky face. Their upperparts are mostly dull olive with a greenish olive rump and uppertail coverts; the last have cinnamon or buffy edges at their tips. Their wings are dusky with thin rufous to tawny-buff edges on the coverts and flight feathers. Voice: The golden-crowned flycatcher's dawn song is "a loud, squeaky REE'chewee?" and its call a "metallic, slightly squeaky rew-TCHI?".

What the Golden-crowned Flycatcher sounds like

Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

Peru Colombia Bolivia Argentina Ecuador Venezuela

When to see it

The Golden-crowned Flycatcher can be seen all year round, with peak activity in October. It is a resident species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Golden-crowned Flycatcher?: The 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). Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Golden-crowned Flycatcher?: The Golden-crowned Flycatcher is a small sized bird weighing about 38 g.
Where can you see a Golden-crowned Flycatcher?: The Golden-crowned Flycatcher occurs in 6 countries, including Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina and Ecuador.
What does a Golden-crowned Flycatcher sound like?: You can listen to 3 field recordings of the Golden-crowned Flycatcher on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.
What birds look similar to a Golden-crowned Flycatcher?: The Golden-crowned Flycatcher is most easily confused with the Baird's Flycatcher, the Golden-bellied Flycatcher and the Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher.
Is the Golden-crowned Flycatcher endangered?: The Golden-crowned Flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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