About the Olive-chested Flycatcher
The olive-chested flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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The olive-chested flycatcher is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs about 8.5 to 11 g (0.30 to 0.39 oz). The sexes have almost identical plumage. Adult males have a dull olive-brown crown with a partially hidden yellow patch in the middle. Females have a smaller patch than males. Both sexes have dark lores, a whitish line over them, and a thin whitish broken eye-ring on an otherwise dark olive face. Their back and rump are dark olive. Their wings are dusky with whitish buff tips of the wing coverts that show as two wing bars. Their tail is dusky. Their throat is dirty white. Voice: The olive-chested flycatcher's song is "an evenly spaced series of rich dewp or wheep notes sometimes interspersed with chattered phrases: dji'dji'dji-wheep dji'dji'dji-wheep dji'dji'dji-wheep". Its call is "a rapid, rich, rising errr'djidjidjidjidjidjidji?". Other descriptions are "an endlessly repeated 'chwee...whwee...chwee...' " song and "a sprightly 'weee d'd'd'd'd'd'd?' " call.
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What the Olive-chested Flycatcher sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.
When to see it
Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Orange-crested FlycatcherMyiophobus phoenicomitraThe orange-crested flycatcher is 11.5 to 12 cm (4.5 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz).
Unadorned FlycatcherMyiophobus inornatusThe unadorned flycatcher is about 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and weighs about 9 to 12 g (0.32 to 0.42 oz).
Roraiman FlycatcherMyiophobus roraimaeThe Roraiman flycatcher is 13.5 to 14 cm (5.3 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 12.8 to 13.6 g (0.45 to 0.48 oz).
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