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What the White-ringed Flycatcher sounds like



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The white-ringed flycatcher is 15 to 16.5 cm (5.9 to 6.5 in) long and weighs about 24 g (0.85 oz). The sexes have the same plumage; females are slightly smaller than males. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a black to dark sooty brownish crown and face with a mostly hidden lemon-yellow to canary-yellow patch in the center of the crown. They have a white supercilium that begins at the forehead, widens behind the eye, and wraps almost all the way around the nape. Their upperparts vary from grayish olive-green to dark olive or olive-brown. Voice: The white-ringed flycatcher's call is described as very distinctive. It "commences with a long note, followed by rapid, rattling or whirring, repetitive trill, tre-r-r-r-r, tre-r-r-r-r…, kree-ee-ee-eer".
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When to see the White-ringed Flycatcher
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-ringed Flycatcher
The map shades 13 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-ringed Flycatcher
The white-ringed flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Easily confused with
Lemon-browed FlycatcherConopias cinchonetiThe lemon-browed flycatcher is 15.5 to 16 cm (6.1 to 6.3 in) long.
Yellow-throated FlycatcherConopias parvusThe yellow-throated flycatcher is 15 to 16.5 cm (5.9 to 6.5 in) long and weighs about 21 g (0.74 oz).
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