Ruddy-tailed flycatcher
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| Ruddy-tailed flycatcher | |
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| at Acre state, Brazil
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tityridae |
| Genus: | Terenotriccus Ridgway, 1905 |
| Species: | T. erythrurus
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| Terenotriccus erythrurus (Cabanis, 1847)
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The ruddy-tailed flycatcher (Terenotriccus erythrurus) is a small
This tiny flycatcher breeds from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) altitude, locally to 1,200 m (3,900 ft), in wet mountain forests and in adjacent tall second growth. The nest is a pear-shaped pouch of plant fibres and leaves with a visored side entrance, built by the female 2–6 m high in the undergrowth and suspended from a twig or vine. The two chocolate-blotched white eggs are incubated by the female for 15–16 days to hatching, the male playing no part in the care of the eggs or young.
The ruddy-tailed flycatcher is 9.0–10.2 cm (3.5–4.0 in) long and weighs 7 g (0.25 oz). The upperparts are grey-olive, with a rufous rump, tail, wings and eye ring. The throat is buff and the breast is cinnamon, becoming pale buff on the belly. Sexes are similar, but young birds are brighter above and have a browner tail and breast.
The ruddy-tailed flycatcher is mainly solitary, and only occasionally joins
This species has a see-oo see call, and a repetitive eek eek eek eek eek song. It sometimes flicks both wings up to make a faint whirring sound.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Further reading
- Skutch, Alexander F. (1960). "Ruddy-tailed flycatcher" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds II. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 34. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 534–538.