African Dusky Flycatcher vs Grey-streaked Flycatcher

African Dusky Flycatcher

Muscicapa adusta

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The African dusky flycatcher is 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs around 11 g (0.39 oz). Its upperparts are plain brown, with the only facial marking being an indistinct narrow eye-ring. The chin is plain pale grey, and the rest of the underparts are grey-brown with indistinct streaks. The short, straight, laterally flattened bill is black, the legs and feet are grey, and the eyes are brown. The sexes are similar, but the juvenile is spotted with buff above, and is whitish spotted with brown below.

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Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0

Grey-streaked Flycatcher

Muscicapa griseisticta

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Bradshaw, C.; Jepson, P. J.; Lindsey, N. J. (1991). "Identification of brown flycatchers". British Birds. 84 (12): 527–542. Alström, Per; Hirschfeld, Erik (1991). "Field identification of Brown, Siberian and Grey-streaked Flycatchers". Birding World. 4 (8): 271–278.

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