Northern Tufted Flycatcher

The northern tufted flycatcher is 12 to 13.5 cm (4.7 to 5.3 in) long and weighs about 8.5 g (0.30 oz). The sexes have the same plumage and all subspecies have an erect pointed crest. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. p. phaeocercus have a brown-tinged olive crown, a pale spot above the lores, and a thin buff-white eye-ring on an otherwise cinnamon face. Their upperparts are brownish with an olive tinge. Their wings are dusky with buff ends on the coverts that show as two wing bars. They have whitish or pale yellow edges on their tertials. Their tail is dusky. Voice: The northern tufted flycatcher's dawn song is "a rapid series of high notes bip-bip-bip-dididi-up-bip-bip-bibibiseer". It also sings "single or repeated tchwee or turee notes" and in the breeding season "seeeu or seer". Its call is pik or beek".