Order
Passeriformes
Family
Tyrannidae
Genus
Poecilotriccus
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus luluae

Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published July 3, 2014

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Vocalizations

The song of Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher is "a descending, whinnying chatter: djee-djee'trrrrr" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).

For a representative audio recording with sonogram, see audio

Calls of Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher include "a rising, staccato rattle: trr'rr'rr; also a quiet, froglike prrp" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).

Additional audio recordings of vocalizations of Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher can be heard at Macaulay Library, at xeno-canto, and at Internet Bird Collection.

Nonvocal Sounds

Not well known, but can make a mechanical sound that probably is a bill snap.

For a representative audio recording with sonogram, see audio

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S. (2014). Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus luluae), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.johtot1.01
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