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White-tailed tityra is the smallest of its genus. The male is a mainly white bird with a black crown and black on the wings, differing from black-crowned tityra in having a less extensive black crown and a completely white tail, without the broad black band of its relative. The female plumage is unknown. Its weight and length are unrecorded, but the wing length is 101 millimetres (4.0 in), the tail 63 millimetres (2.5 in) and the bill is 16.5 millimetres (0.65 in).
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About the White-tailed Tityra
The white-tailed tityra is a medium-sized passerine bird about 19 cm long with pied plumage, mostly white or very pale grey, but with a black crown and wings.
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Black-tailed TityraTityra cayanaThis is a robust, short-tailed bird with a long, hook-tipped bill; like other tityras, it has a peculiar vestigial ninth primary feather.
Black-crowned TityraTityra inquisitorThe black-capped tityra is 16.5 to 20.5 cm (6.5 to 8.1 in) long and weighs 33.8 to 70 g (1.2 to 2.5 oz).
Masked TityraTityra semifasciataThe masked tityra is 20 to 24 cm (7.9 to 9.4 in) long and weighs 77 to 88 g (2.7 to 3.1 oz).
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