Galapagos Flycatcher
Myiarchus magnirostris
The Galapagos flycatcher is about 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 12 to 18.5 g (0.42 to 0.65 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a gray-brown to olive-brown crown whose feathers form a small crest. Their face is otherwise a lighter gray-brown. Their upperparts are mostly gray-brown to olive-brown with a brown rump. Their wings are mostly olive-brown to brown with paler edges on the primaries and secondaries and the wing's coverts have paler tips that show as two wing bars. Their tail is gray-brown with rufescent edges on the feathers. Voice: The Galapagos flycatcher's call is a "liquid wheet-wheet-wheet" and it has "a melodious song".
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Stolid Flycatcher
Myiarchus stolidus
The stolid flycatcher is 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighs about 19 to 26 g (0.67 to 0.92 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have an olive-green crown that has a small crest. Their face is dark gray. Their upperparts are mostly olive-green with slightly lighter uppertail coverts. Their wings are mostly brown with thin rufous edges on the primaries and pale grayish white edges on the outer webs of the secondaries and tertials. The wing's greater and median coverts have wide pale grayish white tips that show as two clear wing bars. Voice: The stolid flycatcher's song is a "rolling whee-ee-ee, swee-ip, bzzrt". On Hispaniola it also makes a "plaintive jui".
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