Grenada Flycatcher
Myiarchus nugator
The Grenada flycatcher is a large flycatcher, about 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighing about 32 to 45 g (1.1 to 1.6 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a brownish head and upperparts; their crown feathers form a small crest. Their wings are mostly brownish with cinnamon to rufous edges on the outer webs of the primaries and pale whitish edges on the outer webs of the secondaries and tertials. The wing's coverts have fuscous tips that show as two faint wing bars. Voice: The Grenada flycatcher's principal vocalizations are a "loud quip or harsh queuk".
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Rufous-tailed Flycatcher
Myiarchus validus
The rufous-tailed flycatcher is a large flycatcher, about 24 cm (9.4 in) long and weighing about 39 to 43 g (1.4 to 1.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a smoky brown crown whose feathers form a small crest. Their face is slaty gray. Their upperparts are mostly dull olive with a rufous tinge on the uppertail coverts. Their wings are partially dull olive with wide rufous edges on the outer webs of the primaries and secondaries. Their tertials are almost entirely rufous. The wing coverts have wide rufous tips. Voice: The rufous-tailed flycatcher's song is a "fast, rolling, descending pree-ee-ee-ee-ee, like a horse's neigh". It also makes a "chi-chi-chiup".
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