Moucherolle vermillon— Quebec wildlife

The scarlet flycatcher or austral vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Description

The scarlet flycatcher is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long. and weighs 12 to 15 g (0.42 to 0.53 oz).Adult males have an intense poppy red forehead and crown down to the eye. Their lores and ear coverts are dark grayish brown and form a "mask". Their nape, upperparts, and tail are blackish and their rump blackish brown. Their wings are blackish with paler edges on the coverts and tertials. The lower part of their face, their throat, and their underparts are a slightly lighter shade of poppy red than the crown, with sometimes an orangey tinge. Adult females have a grayish brown head with grayish lores and an indistinct whitish supercilium. Their back and rump are the same grayish brown as the head and the uppertail coverts and tail are a duskier grayish brown. Their wings are mostly a darker grayish brown than the back. Their throat and underparts are dull white with grayish brown streaks throughout and sometimes a pale yellow tinge on the belly. Both sexes have a dark brown iris, a brownish black bill, and blackish to brownish black legs and feet.