Cliff Flycatcher
A species of Cliff Flycatcher Scientific name : Hirundinea ferruginea Genus : Cliff Flycatcher
Cliff Flycatcher, A species of Cliff Flycatcher
Botanical name: Hirundinea ferruginea
Genus: Cliff Flycatcher
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Description
The adult cliff flycatcher is about 18.5 cm (7.3 in) long. It has a wide beak and long pointed wings, resembling those of a swallow. The upper parts are dusky brown, with a distinctive rufous rump and base of tail. The tips of the wing feathers are dark, but the remaining parts are cinnamon-rufous and these are exposed in flight. The underparts are pale cinnamon-rufous, with some grey speckling on the throat. 
Size
19 cm
Feeding Habits
Cliff Flycatcher primarily consumes insects, including hymenopterans, coleopterans, and horse-flies. It feeds in pairs or family groups using unique aerial sallies, often returning to the same perch. Cliff Flycatcher hunts from exposed perches and displays swallow-like flight behavior.
Habitat
Cliff Flycatcher's natural habitat spans from sea-level up to 2700 m in elevation, favoring cliffs, gorges, canyons, and rocky outcrops. They are prevalent in both natural and man-made steep terrains, such as quarries, road cuttings, and building facades in urban settings. This species is adaptable, occurring in mature and secondary forests bordering steep landforms, including karstic regions. Lowland populations can be found at sea-level, while Andean groups typically inhabit elevations ranging from 900–2200 m. Cliff Flycatcher also thrives in sparsely wooded slopes at forest edges, adapting to offices and churches in cities where structures mimic cliffs.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
The cliff flycatcher is only found east of the Andes cordillera, and therefore is not found in Chile. All other countries in South America are represented in its range. In the Amazon basin, it surrounds the basin in the foothills, and highest elevations at tributaries' headwaters; it ranges down to central Argentina west of the Pampas, and east of the Pampas to southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay; also southeast of the Amazon Basin in the Brazilian Highlands, to the Atlantic and south Atlantic coast of Brazil, about an 8,000 km (5,000 mi) stretch of coastline. Its natural habitat is in the vicinity of cliffs and gorges, canyons, rocky outcrops, quarries and road cuttings. It is also found, particularly in the south of its range, around buildings in cities, where the windowsills and facades provide a form of artificial cliff. Southerly populations are migratory while more northerly ones are sedentary.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
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Chordates Class
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Perching birds Family
Tyrant flycatchers Genus
Cliff Flycatcher Species
Cliff Flycatcher 
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