Rufous-tailed Tyrant

The rufous-tailed tyrant is 14.5 to 15 cm (5.7 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 13 to 15 g (0.46 to 0.53 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies K. p. poecilurus have a mostly grayish to brownish gray head and upperparts with a whitish throat. Their wings are dusky with buff edges on the inner remiges and buffy-gray tips on the coverts that show as two wing bars. Their tail is dusky with wide cinnamon edges on the inner webs that are conspicuous in flight. Their underparts are dull buffy gray or cinnamon-buff with a gray wash on the breast. Voice: The rufous-tailed tyrant is not highly vocal. Its call has been described as "a short, metallic trill, tzteeer or triiit", "high-pitched, raspy tzreeet notes followed by some jumbled notes", and "a dry, buzzy, descending dzeer a series of high peeps and a sharp, rising tip".