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The ochre-faced tody-flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
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The ochre-faced tody-flycatcher is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 5.3 to 6 g (0.19 to 0.21 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies P. p. plumbeiceps have a buffish cinnamon forehead and a gray crown. Their face is mostly buffish cinnamon with dusky ear coverts. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are dark olive. Their wings are dusky with ochraceous edges on the flight feathers and tips on the coverts; the latter show as two wing bars. Their tail is dark olive. Their throat is a slightly paler buffish cinnamon than the face. Voice: What could be either the call or song of the ochre-faced tody-flycatcher in Brazil is a "very fast 'prrrrrur' rattle (1 or 2 x, 2nd time slightly lower)". In Peru its song is described as "a deep, rich sputtering trill: tjrrp-tjrrrrrrr'rrr'rrp or simply tjrrrrp" and its call "a quiet rich tchup".
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Rufous-crowned Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus ruficepsThe rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher is about 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs about 6.6 g (0.23 oz).
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).
Rusty-fronted Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus latirostrisThe rusty-fronted tody-flycatcher is 9 to 9.5 cm (3.5 to 3.7 in) long and weighs about 7 to 9 g (0.25 to 0.32 oz).
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