Black-crested Warbler
Myiothlypis nigrocristata
The black-crested warbler is about 13.5 cm (5.3 in) long and weighs about 11 to 20 g (0.39 to 0.71 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a narrow black crown stripe, a wide yellow supercilium, a black stripe through the eye, a yellow crescent under the eye, and olive-green cheeks and ear coverts. Their nape, upperparts, wings, and tail are olive-green. Their throat and underparts are yellow. They have a dark iris, a blackish bill, and orange-yellow legs and feet. Juveniles have a dusky olive-gray head and upperparts and pale buffy-olive underparts. Their bill is paler than adults'. Voice: One description of the black-crested warbler's song is "a few sharp, sputtering notes accelerating gradually into fast, rattling that rises, tsuk, . tsuk, tsweettweet-tueet-ueet'eet'et 'et'et't't't" and is sometimes repeated many times with short pauses between. Its call is "a loud chit".
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White-rimmed Warbler
Myiothlypis leucoblephara
The white-rimmed warbler is about 14.5 cm (5.7 in) long and weighs 14 to 21 g (0.49 to 0.74 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a mostly gray head with a blackish gray stripe in the middle of the crown, a white stripe above the lores, a thin black line through the eye, white crescents above and below the eye, and whitish cheeks. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are olive-green. Their throat and underparts are mostly whitish with a gray wash on the sides of the breast, an olive wash on the upper flanks, and pale olivaceous-yellow undertail coverts. Voice: The white-rimmed warbler's song is a "fairly long series of fee notes, which start at extr. high level and then descend very steeply to 5 notes lower. Its call is "a sharp penetrating pseeyk".
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