About the Grey-capped Flycatcher
The grey-capped flycatcher is a passerine bird, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
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The grey-capped flycatcher is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 28 to 30 g (0.99 to 1.1 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a gray crown and nape with a mostly hidden orange-yellow to reddish orange patch in the center of the crown. Females sometimes have a smaller patch or none at all. Adults of both sexes have a white forehead that extends as a thin supercilium to just past the eye. They have dusky lores and ear coverts. Their upperparts are mostly olive-green with dusky to dark olive uppertail coverts that have paler edges. Voice: The grey-capped flycatcher's vocalizations appear to vary somewhat across its range. In Ecuador west of the Andes its dawn song is a "kip, ki[p, kip, keeuw-kreh" that lasts about two or three seconds. East of the Andes it sings "a faster kip, kip, kip, kip, kip, kip, ke-ke-kree-yí" that lasts one or two seconds. Its Central American song is written as a "high djup-djup sréeeh".
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What the Grey-capped Flycatcher sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in March · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Dusky-chested FlycatcherMyiozetetes luteiventrisThe dusky-chested flycatcher is the smallest member of genus Myiozetetes.
Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensisThe rusty-margined flycatcher is 16.5 to 18 cm (6.5 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 22 to 29.5 g (0.78 to 1.0 oz).
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similisThe social flycatcher is 16 to 18.5 cm (6.3 to 7.3 in) long and weighs 24 to 27 g (0.85 to 0.95 oz).
Side by side: Grey-capped Flycatcher vs Social Flycatcher · Grey-capped Flycatcher vs Rusty-margined Flycatcher
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