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Roraiman Flycatcher

Myiophobus roraimae

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestTiny · 14 g
Roraiman Flycatcher (Myiophobus roraimae), photo 1
Photo: Ana Agreda, Aves y Conservación · Public domain

What the Roraiman Flycatcher sounds like

Sonogram of the Roraiman Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: above 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Roraiman Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Filo de Chumbiriatza, tepui 4.5 km SW Las Orchideas, above "Cabañas Yankuam", Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Roraiman Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Filo de Chumbiriatza, tepui 4.5 km SW Las Orchideas, above "Cabañas Yankuam", Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

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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When to see the Roraiman Flycatcher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Roraiman Flycatcher

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Peru Venezuela Guyana

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil.

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.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Unadorned Flycatcher (Myiophobus inornatus) 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). Mouse-grey Flycatcher (Myiophobus crypterythrus) Mouse-grey FlycatcherMyiophobus crypterythrusThe mouse-gray flycatcher is 12 to 12.5 cm (4.7 to 4.9 in) long. Rufescent Flycatcher (Myiophobus rufescens) Rufescent FlycatcherMyiophobus rufescensThe rufescent flycatcher is 11.5 to 12.5 cm (4.5 to 4.9 in) long.

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