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ForestDomed nestTiny · 7 g
What the Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher sounds like
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The ruddy-tailed flycatcher is 9.0–10.3 cm (3.5–4.1 in) long and weighs 7 g (0.25 oz). The upperparts are grey-olive, with a rufous rump, tail, wings and eye ring. The throat is buff and the breast is cinnamon, becoming pale buff on the belly. Sexes are similar, but young birds are brighter above and have a browner tail and breast. It has a see-oo see call, and a repetitive eek eek eek eek eek song. It sometimes flicks both wings up to make a faint whirring sound.
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When to see the Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
The map shades 16 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
The ruddy-tailed flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the family Onychorhynchidae. It was previously place in family Tityridae. Its range extends from southeast Mexico south to the Amazon rainforest. It is the only member of the genus Terenotriccus, but some authorities place it in genus Myiobius. However, it differs in voice, behaviour, and structure from members of that group.
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Easily confused with
Whiskered MyiobiusMyiobius barbatusThe whiskered myiobius is very similar in appearance to several closely related species.
Tropical Royal FlycatcherOnychorhynchus coronatusThe tropical royal flycatcher is approximately 12.5 to 18 cm (4.9 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 9.7 to 21 g (0.34 to 0.74 oz).
Black-tailed MyiobiusMyiobius atricaudusThe black-tailed myiobius closely resembles the whiskered myiobius (M. barbatus) and the sulphur-rumped myiobius (M. sulphureipygius) in appearance, with olive upper parts and a yellow rump.
Side by side: Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher vs Whiskered Myiobius · Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher vs Tropical Royal Flycatcher · Black-tailed Myiobius vs Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
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