About the Roraiman Flycatcher
The Roraiman flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela, and possibly in Bolivia.
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The 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). The sexes have almost identical plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have an olive-tinged warm rufescent brown crown with a mostly hidden orange-rufous patch in the middle. Females do not have this patch. Both sexes have an inconspicuous yellowish white broken eye-ring on an otherwise olive brown face. Their back and rump are olive-brown. Voice: What may be either the song or a call of the Roraiman flycatcher in Ecuador is "an explosive and buzzy series of sputtered 'tschew' notes, rising and then descending" that has been written as "TSEW! TSI pit-pit TSI'TSI'tsi-tew". It also makes "softer sharp 'pit' or 'tschit' " notes that can be doubled or become a trill.
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What the Roraiman Flycatcher sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil.
When to see it
Peak activity in February · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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).
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).
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).
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