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Cattle Tyrant vs Southern Beardless Tyrannulet

Cattle Tyrant (Machetornis rixosa)

Cattle Tyrant

Machetornis rixosa

Small30 gGrassland

The cattle tyrant is a highly terrestrial tyrant flycatcher, 19.5–20 cm (7.7–7.9 in) long and weighing 29–40 g (1.0–1.4 oz). The plumage of the nominate subspecies is mostly olive-brown above and yellow below, with a grey head with a thin dark eyestripe and a paler, whitish throat. The thin bill and legs are black. The two other subspecies differ from the nominate in having the head less grey, more like the olive-brown of the back, and a yellower throat.

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Photo: Frank Thomas Sautter · CC0
Southern Beardless Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)

Southern Beardless Tyrannulet

Camptostoma obsoletum

Tiny8 gShrubland

The southern beardless tyrannulet is 9.5 to 10.5 cm (3.7 to 4.1 in) long and weighs 7 to 9 g (0.25 to 0.32 oz). It is a small flycatcher with a long pointed warbler-like bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies C. o. obsoletum have a grayish crown and nape; the crown feathers are often bushy with dark centers. They have white lores and a broken white eyering on an otherwise grayish white face. Their upperparts and tail are medium olive-gray. Their wings are dusky with whitish to creamy edges on the inner flight feathers. Voice: The southern beardless tyrannulet has a variety of vocalizations. They include a "hin, high whistle, 'fleeeeer', rising and falling slightly, sometimes with terminal syllables, 'fleeeeee-pit-pit' " and a "descending series of clear, minor-key notes, 'fleee, flee-fleew-fleew' ". When calling it often raises its crest.

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Recording: Graznidos y gorjeos · CC0
Photo: Marcelo Schmidt Roberti · CC BY 4.0

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