About the Pileated Flycatcher
The pileated flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Mexico.
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The pileated flycatcher is 13.5 to 14.5 cm (5.3 to 5.7 in) long. The species is similar to those of genus Empidonax but is stockier and longer-tailed with a thicker bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly brownish olive head with a pointed grayish or olive-brown crest, pale lores, and a white teardrop-shaped eye-ring. The crest is usually held erect. Their upperparts are mostly grayish to brownish olive. Their wings are a darker brownish olive than the back, with whitish ends on the coverts that show as two wing bars. They have whitish edges on their secondaries. Voice: The pileated flycatcher's song is a "sputtered and intensifying 'p'iweer pi-pi-pirrr-i-it' cheeu', or 'wheeu whirr-rr-rr-rr-whee-u' reminiscent of a sport referee's whistle". Its calls include "nasal 'brree' notes, richer more explosive 'cheeoo' or 'cheeup' notes, harsher 'whee whee-eu' whee-eu' whee-eu' ".
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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