Streak-necked Flycatcher

Mionectes striaticollis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 15 g

What the Streak-necked Flycatcher sounds like

Sonogram of the Streak-necked Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song, lek song · Zamora-Chinchipe: above 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Streak-necked Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Filo de Chumbiriatza, tepui 4.5 km SW Las Orchideas, above "Cabañas Yankuam", Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Streak-necked 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: mid Gualaceo-Limón road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The streak-necked flycatcher is 13 to 13.5 cm (5.1 to 5.3 in) long and weighs 13 to 17 g (0.46 to 0.60 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. s. striaticollis have a dark gray face with white streaks and a small white spot behind the eye. Their crown and nape are slaty gray and the rest of their upperparts are dark olive. Their wings and tail are olive, sometimes with faint buffish olive wing bars. Their throat and upper breast are slate-gray with white streaks. Their lower breast and flanks are streaked with dark olive and yellow and their belly is yellow. Voice: The streak-necked flycatcher apparently sings almost solely at the lek. Its song is variously described as "a series of rhythmic, squeaky notes" and as "a melancholy, squeaky, rising-falling note" urrEEew".

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When to see the Streak-necked 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 Streak-necked Flycatcher

Regular range

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

About the Streak-necked Flycatcher

The streak-necked flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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