Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus latirostris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestTiny · 8 g

What the Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher sounds like

Sonogram of the Rusty-fronted 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 · Pastaza: Kapawi area, left bank Río Pastaza, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Rusty-fronted 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 · Pastaza: Canelos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Rusty-fronted 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 · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Uuntsuants, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The 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). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies P. l. latirostris have a brownish gray crown. Their forecrown ("front") and face are rusty-buff that is brightest on the lores and around the eyes. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are olive. Their wings are dusky with narrow yellowish edges on the flight feathers and ochraceous tips on the coverts; the latter show as two wing bars. Their tail is dusky. Voice: The rusty-fronted tody-flycatcher's song has been described as "an easily overlooked, insectlike descending trill, low-pitched and rich in quality: tchur'r'r'r'r'r". Its calls are described as "a deep, rich tchup and a rising-falling musical rattled wrr'ee'e'r'r'r'r'r".

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When to see the Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher

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Where to see the Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher

Regular range

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About the Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher

The rusty-fronted tody-flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru.

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Easily confused with

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