Warbling Doradito

Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWetlandCup nestTiny · 8 g

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The warbling doradito is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 7 to 8 g (0.25 to 0.28 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly dull olive-brown head and upperparts. Their crown is rufescent, their lores and cheeks are dusky, and their tail is dusky olive-brown. Their wings are dull olive-brown with light buffy edges on the flight feathers and tips on the wing coverts; the last show as two faint wing bars. Their throat is bright yellow and their underparts a slightly less bright yellow. Both sexes have a medium brown iris and dark gray legs and feet. Voice: The warbling doradito's song is a "series of gentle and somewhat disjointed-sounding, high-pitched, staccato and squeaky notes, mechanical introduction followed by set of 4–8 more musical notes, 'chek, chek, chek, chek-chick-chick-chiquetik' or 'tk tk tk tk tk quít tuk péét tk-tuk, tk-quít' ", It makes "a 'tek' call while foraging".

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When to see the Warbling Doradito

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Warbling Doradito

Regular range

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

About the Warbling Doradito

The warbling doradito is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil.

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