About the Rufous-tailed Flycatcher
The rufous-tailed flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Jamaica.
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The rufous-tailed flycatcher is a large flycatcher, about 24 cm (9.4 in) long and weighing about 39 to 43 g (1.4 to 1.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a smoky brown crown whose feathers form a small crest. Their face is slaty gray. Their upperparts are mostly dull olive with a rufous tinge on the uppertail coverts. Their wings are partially dull olive with wide rufous edges on the outer webs of the primaries and secondaries. Their tertials are almost entirely rufous. The wing coverts have wide rufous tips. Voice: The rufous-tailed flycatcher's song is a "fast, rolling, descending pree-ee-ee-ee-ee, like a horse's neigh". It also makes a "chi-chi-chiup".
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Where the Rufous-tailed Flycatcher lives
When to see the Rufous-tailed Flycatcher
Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Grenada FlycatcherMyiarchus nugatorThe Grenada flycatcher is a large flycatcher, about 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighing about 32 to 45 g (1.1 to 1.6 oz).
Sooty-crowned FlycatcherMyiarchus phaeocephalusThe sooty-crowned flycatcher is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 24 to 29.5 g (0.85 to 1.0 oz).
Venezuelan FlycatcherMyiarchus venezuelensisThe Venezuelan flycatcher is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 27 to 33 g (0.95 to 1.2 oz).
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