Bird Guide

Great Kiskadee vs Say's Phoebe

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Medium63 gUrban

The adult great kiskadee is one of the largest of the tyrant flycatchers. It is 25 to 28 cm (9.8 to 11.0 in) in length and weighs 53 to 71.5 g (1.87 to 2.52 oz). The head is black with a strong white supercilium and a concealed yellow crown stripe. The upperparts are brown, and the wings and tail are brown with usually strong rufous fringes. The bill is short, thick, and black in color. The similar boat-billed flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) has a more massive black bill, an olive-brown back, and very little rufous in the tail and wings.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recording: Gean Carlo Valdés · CC0
Photo: Hobbyfotowiki · CC0
Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)

Say's Phoebe

Sayornis saya

Small21 gForest

Say's phoebe is a barrel-chested bird with a squared-off head. It is gray-brown above with a black tail and buffy cinnamon below, becoming more orange around the vent. The tail is long and the primaries end just past the rump on resting birds. The wings seem pale in flight and resemble a female mountain bluebird. The juvenile is similar to adult, but has buffy orange to whitish wingbars and a yellow gape. The adult bird is 7.5 in (19 cm) long, has a wingspan of 13 in (33 cm) and weighs 0.75 oz (21 g).

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recording: Anne · CC0
Photo: Linda Tanner from Los Osos, California, U.S.A. · CC BY 2.0

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