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The white-throated flycatcher is 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in) long. Three individuals weighed 10.4 to 11 g (0.37 to 0.39 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a brownish olive or olive brown crown and dull buffy-white lores and eye-ring on an otherwise paler brownish olive or olive brown face. Their upperparts are brownish olive or olive brown. Their tail is deep grayish brown with light brownish olive on the feather edges. Voice: The white-throated flycatcher is quite vocal. Its song in northern Central America is "a slightly 2-part rrrreea'ah!" and its call "a harsh, raspy, somewhat nasal rreeaah! or eaaahh!." Both vocalizations are similar elsewhere it the species' range.
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When to see the White-throated Flycatcher
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-throated Flycatcher
The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-throated Flycatcher
The white-throated flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Mexico and every country in Central America.
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Easily confused with
Black-capped FlycatcherEmpidonax atricepsThe black-capped flycatcher is 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 9 g (0.32 oz).
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