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The Venezuelan bristle tyrant is about 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and weighs 8 to 9 g (0.28 to 0.32 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a gray crown, yellowish white lores, and a prominent yellowish white eye-ring on an otherwise mottled yellowish face. Their ear coverts have a blackish crescent at the top and rear. Their back and rump are olive. Their wings are blackish with pale yellow edges on the flight feathers. Their wing coverts are blackish with pale yellow tips that show as two wing bars. Their tail is olive. Voice: The Venezuelan bristle tyrant's song is "a fast trill, ch'e'e'e'e'd'd'd'd'd'e'e'eWEEP!" and its call a "soft double-noted...che'dip".
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When to see the Venezuelan Bristle Tyrant
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Venezuelan Bristle Tyrant
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Venezuelan Bristle Tyrant
The Venezuelan bristle tyrant is a Near Threatened species of passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Serra do Mar Bristle TyrantPogonotriccus difficilisThe Serra do Mar bristle tyrant is 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) long and weighs about 7 to 8 g (0.25 to 0.28 oz).
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