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What the Orange-crested Flycatcher sounds like
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The orange-crested flycatcher is 11.5 to 12 cm (4.5 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz). The sexes have almost identical plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have an olive crown with a mostly hidden orange-rufous (rarely orange-red or golden yellow) patch in the middle. Females do not have this patch. Both sexes sometimes have a faint yellowish broken eye-ring on an otherwise olive face. Their back and rump are olive. Their wings are blackish with cinnamon edges on the flight feathers and ochraceous tips of the wing coverts; the latter show as two or three wing bars. Voice: As of early 2025 all but one of the recordings of orange-crested flycatcher in xeno-canto were taken in Ecuador; the one came from Colombia. The song in Ecuador is "a weak, thin, high-pitched 'tsut-tseép-tsu' ".
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When to see the Orange-crested Flycatcher
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Orange-crested Flycatcher
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Orange-crested Flycatcher
The orange-crested flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Olive-chested FlycatcherMyiophobus cryptoxanthusThe 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).
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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