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La Sagra's Flycatcher vs Panama Flycatcher

La Sagra's Flycatcher (Myiarchus sagrae)

La Sagra's Flycatcher

Myiarchus sagrae

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La Sagra's flycatcher is 19 to 22 cm (7.5 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 14 to 29 g (0.49 to 1.0 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a smoky olive-brown crown that is slightly lighter on its front. Unusual in Myiarchus flycatchers, their crown has a flat appearance. Their face is ashy gray. Their upperparts are mostly olive-brown with some rufescence on the uppertail coverts. Their wings are mostly brown with thin rufous edges on the outer webs of the primaries and pale grayish white edges on the outer webs of the secondaries and tertials. Voice: The song of the nominate subspecies of La Sagra's flycatcher is weeet-ze-weer and its call a huit. That of M. s. lucaysiensis is "a combination of modified huit note and rolling brrr-r-r with no whistled element".

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Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christoph Moning · cc-by
Panama Flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis)

Panama Flycatcher

Myiarchus panamensis

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The Panama flycatcher is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs about 28 to 38.5 g (0.99 to 1.4 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a grayish olive crown and upperparts. The crown has a slight crest and is slightly darker in the center, giving a streaked effect. Their face is otherwise gray. Their wings are mostly grayish olive with pale whitish yellow outer webs on the tertials. Their tail is brown with slightly paler outer vanes on the outermost pair of feathers. Voice: The Panama flycatcher's dawn song is "isolated, short, slowly modulated whistles given every 2–3 seconds"; during the day it makes the same song with longer intervals between the whistles. Its calls are "epeated hiccups (normally disyllabic), rasping whistles and rolls in response to intruding conspecifics". In Costa Rica it "histles a clear wheer...

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Sonogram of the Panama Flycatcher
Recorded by Gean Carlo Valdés · Call · Islas secas, Panama · CC0
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States · CC BY 2.0

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