Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
The boat-billed flycatcher is 21.5 to 24 cm (8.5 to 9.4 in) long and weighs 53 to 70 g (1.9 to 2.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. p. pitangua have a blackish brown or sooty crown with a mostly hidden yellow to orange-rufous patch in the center. They have a wide white supercilium that begins at the forehead and wraps almost all the way around the nape, a wide black band from the lores to the ear coverts, and white cheeks. They have olive to dull brownish olive upperparts. Voice: The boat-billed flycatcher's dawn song has been described as a "loud but simple and clear, slightly reedy and rolled whée-dic, pprrri-iu, chirr-rr or cheer chirree, monotonously repeated". It also sings a "shorter prriu or cheer punctuated by slurred bo-oy or chrr-ee". The nominate subspecies makes a "strident nasal kryeeeh-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh" call; subspecies M. p.
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatus
Adult birds have pale gray heads and upper parts, light underparts, salmon-pink flanks and undertail coverts, and dark gray wings. Axillars and patch on underwing coverts are red. Their extremely long, forked tails, which are black on top and white on the underside, are characteristic and unmistakable. At maturity, the male may be up to 15 in (38 cm) in length, while the female's tail is up to 30% shorter. The wingspan is 38.1 cm (15.0 in) and the weight is up to 43 g (1.5 oz). Immature birds are duller in color and have shorter tails.
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