Euler's Flycatcher
Lathrotriccus euleri
Euler's flycatcher is 12.7 to 13.5 cm (5.0 to 5.3 in) long and weighs 9 to 13.8 g (0.32 to 0.49 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies L. e. euleri have a warm olive-brown crown, nape, and cheeks. They have a whitish eye-ring and a faint pale stripe above the lores. Their upperparts are mostly olive-brown with a brown rump. Their wings are dusky with pale buff ends on the coverts that show as two wing bars. Their secondaries and tertials have pale buffy-brown edges. Their tail is dusky. Voice: In Brazil Euler's flycatcher sings a "varied series of 2-5 notes, 1st one normally stressed and slightly longer than slightly descending notes; thereafter Tjeew-tjuh or Tjeew-terduh". In Venezuela its song is described as "an abrupt, almost explosive FEEU! pe'pe 'pe'p'p, 1st note loudest, last notes run together, buzzy and downscale".
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Many-colored Rush Tyrant
Tachuris rubrigastra
The many-colored rush tyrant is "the most colourful of all tyrannids". It is 10.5 to 11.5 cm (4.1 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 6.5 to 8 g (0.23 to 0.28 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies T. r. rubrigastra have a black crown with a slight crest and a partly hidden red patch in the middle. They have a large golden supercilium and glossy blue to black lores whose color extends onto the ear coverts giving a masked appearance. Their nape is ochraceous that blends into their bright moss-green back and rump. Voice: The many-colored rush tyrant's song is "a quiet, mellow, pleasant series of noes with a short buzz near the start and ending with a loose musical rattle: kachup-brrr-kachup'yp'a'trrrrl. Its calls are "a loud keeYIP or kaCHOO and a quiet, popping pip.
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