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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Sooty-crowned Flycatcher
Myiarchus phaeocephalus
The sooty-crowned flycatcher is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 24 to 29.5 g (0.85 to 1.0 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a light blue-gray forehead and forecrown that darkens on the hindcrown and nape; the crown has a slight crest and slightly darker center feathers that give a streaked appearance. Their face is otherwise a slightly paler gray. Their back is light olive-green and separated from the nape by a light gray "collar". The collar is unique among Myiarchus. Voice: The sooty-crowned flycatcher's song is a whistled note combined with "low burry tr-ret notes"; another song is "a descending wheeé-deee-deee-de-du-du". Its primary call is "a querulous freeee? or whreee?".
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