About the Sulphury Flycatcher
The sulphury flycatcher is a passerine bird of the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found on Trinidad and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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The sulphury flycatcher is about 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 48 to 61 g (1.7 to 2.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly dusky head with a mostly hidden orange-yellow patch in the center of the crown, an indistinct whitish supercilium, and a blackish band from the lores to the ear coverts. Their upperparts and tail are dull olive brown. Their wings are dark brownish dusky. Their throat is whitish with blurry dark gray streaks on its sides. Their upper breast is white and the rest of their underparts bright yellow. Voice: The sulphury flycatcher is not highly vocal. One description of its song is a "high-pitched, penetrating ser of blurred trills, zhr'dek ... zhr'r're'k ... zhr'dek'dek ..., like pulses of electric energy". Another is "a shrill, buzzy DZEE'E'E djeeh-chew djeeh-chew! often in duet". One call is "abrupt, high-energy outbursts of strident, almost electrified screeches, zhrEEEEEEEE!, zhr-zhrEEEEEEEEE!".
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Costa Rica.
When to see it
Peak activity in January · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Lemon-browed FlycatcherConopias cinchonetiThe lemon-browed flycatcher is 15.5 to 16 cm (6.1 to 6.3 in) long.
Fulvous-faced Scrub TyrantEuscarthmus fulvicepsThe fulvous-faced scrub tyrant is 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 5.3 to 7.6 g (0.19 to 0.27 oz).
Dark PeweeContopus lugubrisThe dark pewee is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.
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