Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Myiodynastes hemichrysus
The golden-bellied flycatcher is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs about 39 to 42.5 g (1.4 to 1.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. h. hemichrysus have a thinly black-streaked, dusky grayish olive or dark sooty gray, crown and nape with a large, usually hidden, yellow patch in the center of the crown. They have a wide white supercilium, a wide blackish stripe through the lores and ear coverts, and a grayish olive or dusky cheek with a whitish stripe through it. Voice: The few studies to date have revealed little difference among the vocalizations of the three golden-bellied flycatcher subspecies. The species' dawn song is a "repeated simple phrase kwee!-tee-tu, also transcribed as tree-le-loo, squeeE-yu-drr or PSEE-chirr-rr". Its day song is a "repeated loud strident skeeew! or skeeeuu!".
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Spectacled Tyrant
Hymenops perspicillatus
The spectacled tyrant is 13 to 16 cm (5.1 to 6.3 in) long and weighs about 20 to 25 g (0.71 to 0.88 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies are mostly black. Their primaries are mostly white with black bases and tips. They have bare, fleshy, green-tinged yellow skin around the eye that gives the species its English name. Adult females have a dark brown crown, a buffy or buff-white supercilium, pale lores, and a smaller eye-ring than males on otherwise mostly pale dusky face. Their back is dark brown with black streaks.
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