Grey-capped Tyrannulet vs Planalto Tyrannulet

Grey-capped Tyrannulet

Phyllomyias griseocapilla

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The grey-capped tyrannulet is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a slate-gray crown and nape and bright olive-green back and rump. Their lores and eye area are white with a faint dusky stripe through their eye. Their lower face is pale gray. Their wings are dusky with bright yellow edges on the flight feathers and the ends of the coverts; the latter show as two wing bars. Their tail is dusky olive. Their throat is grayish white, their breast pale gray, their flanks bright yellow-green, and their belly whitish. Voice: The grey-capped tyrannulet's song is a "short series of 1-4 high, clear, whistled 'weew--' notes". Its call is a "high, clear, drawn-out, rising 'weeeew' ".

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Planalto Tyrannulet

Phyllomyias fasciatus

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The planalto tyrannulet is 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have dull grayish-olive to brownish-olive crowns, napes, backs, and rumps, with the crown being the grayest part. Their lores, supercilium, partial eyering, and lower face are whitish with a dark stripe through their eye. Their wings are dusky with pale olive to whitish edges to the flight feathers and the ends of the coverts; the latter show as two pale bars on the closed wing. Their tail is dusky. Voice: The planalto tyrannulet's song differs geographically. In the southeastern part of its range it sings "a slow series of 3-4 slightly descending, plaintive 'puh-puh--' minor-key notes". Elsewhere it sings a "slightly higher-pitched and more distinctly descending series of 3 more major-keyed notes".

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