Ornate Flycatcher
Myiotriccus ornatus
The ornate flycatcher is about 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 8.2 to 13.4 g (0.29 to 0.47 oz). The sexes are alike in plumage; females are slightly smaller than males. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. o. ornatus have a mostly black head with a white crescent in front of the eye and a partly hidden bright yellow patch in the middle of the crown. Their back is deep olive and their rump bright golden-yellow. Their wings are dusky black. Their tail's base is bright rufous and its outer half is dusky black. Voice: The ornate flycatcher's dawn song is "a sharp note followed by a chippering trill: PSEW! tititititi". Its calls include "a sharp, squeaky PSEW", a "quiet pip pip pip", and "a sharp, high pitched, and emphatic 'wheep!' or 'peeyp!' ".
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Thick-billed Kingbird
Tyrannus crassirostris
The thick-billed kingbird is about 25 cm (9.8 in) long and weighs about 52 to 59 g (1.8 to 2.1 oz). Females are slightly smaller than males and the sexes have essentially the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dark grayish brown forehead, crown, lores, and ear coverts; their cheeks are white. The crown feathers form a slight crest. Both sexes have a partially hidden lemon or canary yellow patch in the center of the crown though females' are narrower. Both sexes have a grayish brown nape that is paler than the rest of the head. Voice: The thick-billed kingbird has a variety of calls that apparently have different functions. The most frequent is a "wo-parted phrase, T t t t t, t T t tt rwheeuh t tt". Others include chatters, a "loud, rasping tch-uhrreeE, a "harsh ruhr", and a "clear tch-rroy".
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