Grey-tailed Piha

The grey-tailed piha is 23 to 24 cm (9.1 to 9.4 in) long and weighs about 70 to 90 g (2.5 to 3.2 oz). The sexes have similar plumage. Adult males have a mostly olive head with blackish lores, yellow flecks on the ear coverts, a thin pale eye-ring, and a partially hidden black crest in the middle of the crown. Their upperparts are mostly bright olive green. Their uppertail coverts and tail are ash gray. Their wings are mostly grayish brown with olive coverts, tertials, and the edges of the secondaries. Voice: The male grey-tailed piha's song is "a clear and ringing cheeeer-yeeéng!" whose second syllable has a higher pitch than the first. It is loud and typically sung with long intervals between songs. The species also makes a "softer and shorter version, chureeee?" that might be by the female.