Black-billed Peppershrike vs Rufous-browed Peppershrike: How to Tell Them Apart

Black-billed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis nigrirostris

Small32 gForest

Olive coloured overall with grey throat, belly, cheek and forecrown and a rufous stripe above the eye and lore. Differs from the more common Rufous-browed peppershrike by its black-tipped bill, thinner rufous superciliary stripe, and olive neck and cap.

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Sonogram of the Black-billed Peppershrike

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Sucumbíos: Quebrada Las Ollas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: russnamitz · CC0

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Small29 gForest

The adult rufous-browed peppershrike is approximately 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 28 g (0.99 oz). It is bull-headed with a thick, somewhat shrike-like bill, which typically is blackish below and pinkish-grey above. The head is grey with a strong rufous eyebrow. The crown is often tinged with brown. The upperparts are green, and the yellow throat and breast shade into a white belly.

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Sonogram of the Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Recorded by JUAN ANTONIO ALONSO DE JUAN · Song · Vereda La Máquina, Pacho, Cundinamarca, Colombia · CC BY 4.0

Photo: Marcelo Schmidt Roberti · CC BY 4.0

Where you might meet both

Colombia Ecuador

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