Dusky-tailed Flatbill
Ramphotrigon fuscicauda
Medium-sized, olive-brown flycatcher. Faint reddish wingbars and yellowish undersides, with diffuse olive streaking on the breast. Perches upright with a typical flatbill body shape: a big head and a long tail. Found in bamboo and occasionally in dense viny secondary growth, especially around water. Gives a variety of whistled calls and songs; its main song is a three part whistle-trill-whistle series: “tew, tetrrrrrr-tew-tew-tew. . . .”
Identification
The dusky-tailed flatbill (Ramphotrigon fuscicauda) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Taxonomy
Genus: Ramphotrigon; Family: Tyrannidae; Order: Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Ramphotrigon fuscicauda
- Authority
- Chapman, 1925
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Ramphotrigon
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Behavior
Migration pattern: Resident species.
Conservation
Population trend: declining.
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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