Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher
Poecilotriccus latirostris
The rusty-fronted tody-flycatcher is 9 to 9.5 cm (3.5 to 3.7 in) long and weighs about 7 to 9 g (0.25 to 0.32 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies P. l. latirostris have a brownish gray crown. Their forecrown ("front") and face are rusty-buff that is brightest on the lores and around the eyes. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are olive. Their wings are dusky with narrow yellowish edges on the flight feathers and ochraceous tips on the coverts; the latter show as two wing bars. Their tail is dusky. Voice: The rusty-fronted tody-flycatcher's song has been described as "an easily overlooked, insectlike descending trill, low-pitched and rich in quality: tchur'r'r'r'r'r". Its calls are described as "a deep, rich tchup and a rising-falling musical rattled wrr'ee'e'r'r'r'r'r".
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Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Poecilotriccus sylvia
The slaty-headed tody-flycatcher is about 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 6.7 to 8.5 g (0.24 to 0.30 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies P. s. sylvia have a gray crown and nape. Their lores are gray; they have a white line above the lores and a broken white eye-ring on an otherwise gray face. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are olive. Their wings are blackish with narrow yellowish edges on the inner flight feathers and large yellow tips on the coverts; the latter show as two wing bars. Their tail is olive. Voice: According to Hilty, the slaty-headed tody-flycatcher's vocalizations are "insect- or froglike". They include "a soft, gravelly trup or trup grrrr, varying to tik trrrrrrr; nasal froglike grrrrrrr also given singly. When excited tíc-a-turrr". Fagan similarly describes one call as "a 2-part tip!-purrrrrrrr".
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