About the Lemon-browed Flycatcher
The lemon-browed flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and possibly Bolivia.
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The lemon-browed flycatcher is 15.5 to 16 cm (6.1 to 6.3 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have an olive-green crown and face with a bright grayish yellow forehead and a wide pale yellow supercilium that wraps almost all the way around the nape. Their upperparts are dark olive. Their wings are dusky brownish with paler edges on the tertials. Their tail is dusky brownish. Their chin, throat, and underparts are bright yellow with an olive tinge on the sides of the breast. Subspecies C. c. Voice: The lemon-browed flycatcher's call is distinctive, "an odd high-pitched nasal, twittering and petulant-sounding whee-ee-ee-ee, wheedidididídí-dí or pa'treeer-pa'treeer-pa'treeer".
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What the Lemon-browed Flycatcher sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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