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What the Olive-faced Flatbill sounds like
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The olive-faced flatbill is about 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 11 to 16.4 g (0.39 to 0.58 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of all three subspecies have an olive head with a faint yellowish supercilium. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are olive. Their wings are dusky with yellow edges on the coverts and remiges that appear as two wing bars. Their tail is dusky. Their underparts are dull yellow with an olive wash on the throat and breast. Voice: The olive-faced flatbill's song is "a rising series sharp, rising notes: tsu tswee tsweet TSWEET! TSWEET! TSWEET!" and it call is "single high, sharp, rising stweet! notes". It usually sings from a well-hidden perch in the forest canopy, and usually around dawn.
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When to see the Olive-faced Flatbill
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 Olive-faced Flatbill
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Olive-faced Flatbill
The olive-faced flatbill or olive-faced flycatcher is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-winged FlatbillTolmomyias flavotectusThe yellow-winged flatbill is 13 to 13.5 cm (5.1 to 5.3 in) long and weighs about 15 g (0.53 oz).
Orange-eyed FlatbillTolmomyias trayloriThe orange-eyed flatbill is about 13.5 cm (5.3 in) long; one male weighed 11.5 g (0.41 oz).
Grey-crowned FlatbillTolmomyias poliocephalusThe gray-crowned flatbill is 12 to 12.5 cm (4.7 to 4.9 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz).
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