Myiarchus tyrannulus;
Brown-crested Flycatcher;
Maria-cavaleira-
de-rabo-enferrugado.

Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)
Recorded 06/05/2008 in Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua, Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil. © H. Redies

Figure 1. Vocalization produced by a Brown-crested perching on a tree branch, when a Spot-backed Puffbird arrived to chase him away. Lanyon 1978 called this kind of sound the "rapid huit call", see his fig. 83. The labels "N" indicate the song of the Spot-backed Puffbird. See fig. 2 for details of section with label A.

Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)
Recorded 06/05/2008 in Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua, Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil. © H. Redies

Figure 2. Details of section "A" from fig. 1. This is a "rapid huit call" followed by a rasp. Compare with Lanyon 1978, Fig. 83, numbers (8)-(15) and (16)-(19).


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