Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus calopterus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestTiny · 8 g

What the Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher sounds like

Sonogram of the Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Pastaza: Canelos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Napo: 1 km S Puerto Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Uuntsuants, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

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

Regular range

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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