Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps), photo 3 — Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0

Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps), photo 4 — Photo: Allan Harris · CC0

Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps), photo 5 — Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps), photo 6 — Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps), photo 7 — Photo: Amber M. King · CC BY 4.0

Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps), photo 8 — Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0

What the Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher sounds like

Sonogram of the Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Azuay: Arenales, right bank of Río Paute, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Azuay: Arenales, right bank of Río Paute, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: pass of Cord. de los Guacamayos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher is about 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs about 6.6 g (0.23 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies P. r. ruficeps have a bright rufous crown and a gray nape that are separated by a black line that continues onto the cheek. They have a white to buffy area above the lores, a thin black line through the eye, and white to buffy cheeks. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are olive. Voice: The rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher's vocalizations are "soft, easily overlooked, and usually given only at well-spaced intervals". Its song has been described as a sputtering "pa-treer-pít-pít-pít" with some variation. Its calls include "a gravelly stuttered 'tttrew', 'pit-tttrew', or 'tttrew-pit', sometimes given as a duet".

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When to see the Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Venezuela Peru

About the Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher

The rufous-crowned tody-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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Easily confused with

Rusty-fronted Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus latirostrisThe rusty-fronted tody-flycatcher is 9 to 9.5 cm (3.5 to 3.7 in) long and weighs about 7 to 9 g (0.25 to 0.32 oz).

Ochre-faced Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus plumbeicepsThe ochre-faced tody-flycatcher is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 5.3 to 6 g (0.19 to 0.21 oz).

Golden-winged Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus calopterusThe golden-winged tody-flycatcher is about 9.5 cm (3.7 in) long and weighs about 6 g (0.21 oz).

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