




About the McConnell's Flycatcher
McConnell's flycatcher is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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McConnell's flycatcher is 12.5 to 14 cm (4.9 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 8 to 18 g (0.28 to 0.63 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have an olive head, nape, back, and rump. Their wings and tail are dusky olive. Their throat and underparts are rich cinnamon buff with a dark grayish olive wash on the throat and upper breast. Subspecies M. m. peruanus has brighter olive upperparts than the nominate, with an ochraceous tinge to them. Their wing's greater coverts have cinnamon edges. Voice: Ornithologists have defined three groups of vocalizations by McConnell's flycatcher. North of the Amazon it makes a "raspy song", a "series of unmelodious raspy to buzzy notes rreh-rreh-rreh-rreh-rreh" and a "twangy song", a "peculiar low-pitched nasal phrase initiated by a single descending note and followed by a trilled series of notes tyang!-tininininininininin".
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Where the McConnell's Flycatcher lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.
When to see the McConnell's Flycatcher
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Grey-hooded FlycatcherMionectes rufiventrisThe grey-hooded flycatcher is 13.5 to 14 cm (5.3 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 14 g (0.49 oz).
Olive-striped FlycatcherMionectes olivaceusThe olive-streaked flycatcher is 13 cm (5.1 in) long.
Streak-necked FlycatcherMionectes striaticollisThe streak-necked flycatcher is 13 to 13.5 cm (5.1 to 5.3 in) long and weighs 13 to 17 g (0.46 to 0.60 oz).
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