Galapagos Flycatcher vs Yucatan Flycatcher

Galapagos Flycatcher

Myiarchus magnirostris

Tiny15 gShrubland

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".

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: David · CC BY 3.0

Yucatan Flycatcher

Myiarchus yucatanensis

Small20 gWoodland

The Yucatan flycatcher is 17.5 to 19 cm (6.9 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 19 to 23 g (0.67 to 0.81 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a crown whose feathers have dark brown centers and wide rufescent edges; the feathers form a crest. They have grayish lores and half ring under the eye on an otherwise darker gray face. Their upperparts are olive-green with a rufous tinge on the uppertail coverts. Their wings are mostly brown with wide rufous outer edges on the primaries and pale grayish white outer edges on the other flight feathers. Voice: The Yucatan flycatcher's dawn song is "a pleasant whistled wuueeee! or a more drawn-out wuuueeeep!". Its calls include "a more agitated wee'wee'wee'wee'wee'weeeur and a prrrrrt".

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: dfaulder · CC BY 2.0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Galapagos Flycatcher and Yucatan Flycatcher.