White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus albifacies

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestTiny · 8 g

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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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When to see the White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher

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

Where to see the White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil.

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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