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What the Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher sounds like



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The golden-winged tody-flycatcher is about 9.5 cm (3.7 in) long and weighs about 6 g (0.21 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly black head with a white throat. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are olive green. Their wings are black with yellowish white edges on the inner flight feathers. Their lesser wing coverts are chestnut and the median coverts bright yellow; the former show on the shoulder and the latter show as two wing bars. Their tail is black. Their breast and belly are bright yellow. They have a brown iris, a black bill, and blue-gray legs and feet. Voice: The golden-winged tody-flycatcher's call is distinctive, "a dry, gravelly, almost sputtering 'dre'd'd'd'deu' or 'p-drrrew' " that is often quickly repeated several times. Sometimes both members of a pair vocalize in duet.
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When to see the Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher
The golden-winged tody-flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Black-and-white Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus capitalisThe black-and-white tody-flycatcher is about 9 to 9.5 cm (3.5 to 3.7 in) long and weighs 5.6 to 8 g (0.20 to 0.28 oz).
Smoky-fronted Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus fumifronsThe smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher is about 9 cm (3.5 in) long and weighs 6 to 7.2 g (0.21 to 0.25 oz).
Lulu's Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus luluaeLulu's tody-flycatcher is about 9.5 cm (3.7 in) long and weighs about 7.3 g (0.26 oz).
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