Greyish Baywing

Agelaioides badius

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 45 g

What the Greyish Baywing sounds like

Sonogram of the Greyish Baywing: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Gabriele Magurno · Call, song · Ezeiza, Ezeiza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Greyish Baywing: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Gabriele Magurno · Call, song · Ezeiza, Ezeiza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Greyish Baywing: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Gabriele Magurno · Alarm call, song · Ezeiza, Ezeiza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The greyish baywing is 19 cm (7 in) long. Males weigh an average of about 46 g (1.6 oz) and females average about 42 g (1.5 oz). Both sexes of both subspecies have the same plumage though A. b. bolivianus is larger than the nominate A. b. badius. Adults have a mostly grayish buffy brown head, neck, and upperparts. They have blackish lores and ear coverts and an otherwise grayish buffy brown face. Their uppertail coverts are olive-brown and their tail very dark olive-brown. Voice: The greyish baywing sings "a quiet, musical continuum of warbles and trills, often in chorus". In flight both sexes give a "clear prolonged whistle peeeooh". Its primary call has been written as a "harsh, hoarse, guttural chuck", " a squeaky chayt, chap", a "weak kik errt, kik, riiie, kik krrr, krrr and tji drrrrrrt", and "a sharp clear tuit".

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When to see the Greyish Baywing

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Greyish Baywing

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Greyish Baywing

The greyish baywing is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, the oropendolas, New World orioles, and New World blackbirds. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and there are unconfirmed reports from Chile.

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