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The rufous-breasted flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
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The rufous-breasted flycatcher is 13 to 13.5 cm (5.1 to 5.3 in) long; six individuals weighed 10 to 18 g (0.35 to 0.63 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a gray crown. Their face is mostly rufous with some gray in the lores and ear coverts and a dusky crescent around the back of the coverts. Their back and rump are olive green. Their wings are dusky with ochraceous or olive yellow edges on the flight feathers. Their wing coverts are dusky with ochraceous tips that show as two indistinct wing bars. Their tail is reddish brown to brownish olive. Voice: The rufous-breasted flycatcher's most heard vocalization is "a loud and emphatic skwee!...sometimes run together into a very fast series of shrill sputtered notes". It also gives "1-5 loud, abrupt, squeaky spiK! notes".
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What the Rufous-breasted Flycatcher sounds like
Where the Rufous-breasted Flycatcher lives
When to see the Rufous-breasted Flycatcher
Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Inca FlycatcherLeptopogon taczanowskiiThe Inca flycatcher is 12 to 13.5 cm (4.7 to 5.3 in) long; two individuals weighed 11.5 g (0.41 oz) and a third 13 g (0.46 oz).
Sepia-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalusThe sepia-capped flycatcher is 11.5 to 14 cm (4.5 to 5.5 in) long and weighs an average of about 12 g (0.42 oz).
Slaty-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon superciliarisThe slaty-capped flycatcher is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 9.5 to 14.8 g (0.34 to 0.52 oz).
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