About the Social Flycatcher
The social flycatcher is a passerine bird from the Americas, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country, and every mainland South American country except Chile, Guyana, Suriname, and Uruguay. It has also occurred as a vagrant in the United States.
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The social flycatcher is 16 to 18.5 cm (6.3 to 7.3 in) long and weighs 24 to 27 g (0.85 to 0.95 oz). The sexes have the same plumage, though females average slightly smaller than males. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. s. similis have a dark gray to brownish gray head with a mostly hidden bright red to orangish red patch in the center of the crown. They have a wide white supercilium that begins on the forehead and extends far past the eye. Voice: What is thought to be the social flycatcher's dawn song is a "shrill note repeated several times, sometimes followed by longer and continuously repeated series, seeu, seeu, see-u-chú, sree, sree, sree si-si-chuhr, or shorter but still repeated chirrrr". It also makes "a shrill and piercing seeá, tcheiit or see-yh!
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What the Social Flycatcher sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.
When to see it
Peak activity in March · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensisThe rusty-margined flycatcher is 16.5 to 18 cm (6.5 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 22 to 29.5 g (0.78 to 1.0 oz).
Grey-capped FlycatcherMyiozetetes granadensisThe grey-capped flycatcher is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 28 to 30 g (0.99 to 1.1 oz).
Dusky-chested FlycatcherMyiozetetes luteiventrisThe dusky-chested flycatcher is the smallest member of genus Myiozetetes.
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