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The many-colored rush tyrant is "the most colourful of all tyrannids". It is 10.5 to 11.5 cm (4.1 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 6.5 to 8 g (0.23 to 0.28 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies T. r. rubrigastra have a black crown with a slight crest and a partly hidden red patch in the middle. They have a large golden supercilium and glossy blue to black lores whose color extends onto the ear coverts giving a masked appearance. Their nape is ochraceous that blends into their bright moss-green back and rump. Voice: The many-colored rush tyrant's song is "a quiet, mellow, pleasant series of noes with a short buzz near the start and ending with a loose musical rattle: kachup-brrr-kachup'yp'a'trrrrl. Its calls are "a loud keeYIP or kaCHOO and a quiet, popping pip.
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When to see the Many-colored Rush Tyrant
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 Many-colored Rush Tyrant
The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Many-colored Rush Tyrant
The many-colored rush tyrant or many-coloured rush tyrant is a small passerine bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
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Easily confused with
Slaty-headed Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus sylviaThe slaty-headed tody-flycatcher is about 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 6.7 to 8.5 g (0.24 to 0.30 oz).
Euler's FlycatcherLathrotriccus euleriEuler's flycatcher is 12.7 to 13.5 cm (5.0 to 5.3 in) long and weighs 9 to 13.8 g (0.32 to 0.49 oz).
Yellow-lored Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum poliocephalumThe yellow-lored tody-flycatcher is 8.8 to 10.2 cm (3.5 to 4.0 in) long and weighs about 5 to 6 g (0.18 to 0.21 oz).
Side by side: Euler's Flycatcher vs Many-colored Rush Tyrant · Many-colored Rush Tyrant vs Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher · Many-colored Rush Tyrant vs Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher · Many-colored Rush Tyrant vs White-headed Marsh Tyrant
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