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Streaked Flycatcher vs Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)

Streaked Flycatcher

Myiodynastes maculatus

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The streaked flycatcher is 20.5 to 23 cm (8.1 to 9.1 in) long and weighs 36.5 to 50 g (1.3 to 1.8 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. m. maculatus have an olive to olive-brown crown and nape with thin cinnamon edges on the feathers and a large, partially hidden, bright yellow to orange-yellow patch in the center of the crown. They have black lores; the color extends to the ear coverts and forms a dark "mask". They have a dull white to yellowish white rather blurry supercilium and a white streak below the mask. Voice: The dawn song of northern populations of the streaked flycatcher has variously been described as "cheer-o-wee-wee, right-here-to-me, kawe-teedly-wink, wheeé-cheederee-wheeé, or as a rising note followed by a short musical chatter: reEET-chewlew'put".

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Recording: Rosa Elena Albornoz @rosaelena_naturaleza · CC0
Photo: (c) Anthony Batista, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Anthony Batista · cc-by
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes luteiventris)

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventris

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The sulphur-bellied flycatcher is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighs about 40 to 57 g (1.4 to 2.0 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a pale hoary gray or grayish white forecrown and supercilium. They have a brownish gray to olive crown with blackish streaks and a large, usually hidden, canary-yellow patch in the center. They have dusky lores; the color extends to the ear coverts and forms a dark "mask". Below the mask is a wide white stripe with thin dusky streaks and below that a thin dusky stripe. Voice: Only male sulphur-bellied flycatchers sing. The song is variously described as a "soft, liquid, almost warbled tre-le-re-re, tre-le-re-re", a "persistently repeated, a soft chu-eer", and a "clipped, slightly liquid phrase: chee-a-leet s-lik or chew-ee ti-lit or doo-ee ti-chu". Its "screech" call has been compared to "the protest of a wagon wheel that needs oiling".

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Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0

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