White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus albifacies

Least ConcernRareInvertebratesForestTiny · 8 g

About the White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher

The white-cheeked tody-flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.

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The white-cheeked tody-flycatcher is about 9.5 cm (3.7 in) long and weighs about 8 g (0.28 oz). Adult males have a rufous crown and black nape that thins as it extends under the cheeks. Their face is otherwise white. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are olive. Their wings are black with white edges on the tertials. Their tail is black. Their throat and underparts are mostly white with streaky black sides to the breast. Females are overall duller than males and have dark gray neck and cheeks and wide olive edges on the flight feathers. Voice: The white-cheeked tody-flycatcher's song is "a slightly rising series of rich, deep notes: turp-ip-ip-ip ip ip ip". Its calls are "grinding, rising-falling churrs and a rapid series of rich notes: turp-turp 'trreeeee".

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Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil.

When to see it

Peak activity in July · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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