White-throated Tyrannulet

The white-throated tyrannulet is 11 to 14 cm (4.3 to 5.5 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. l. leucophrys have a dark olive-gray crown and nape. They have white lores and a thin white supercilium on an otherwise dusky face with some white on the ear coverts. Their upperparts are medium olive-gray. Their wings are brownish black with cinnamon-buff to yellowish buff edges and tips on the flight feathers. Their wing coverts have cinnamon-buff tips that show as two wide bars on the closed wing. Their tail is dusky brown. Voice: The white-throated tyrannulet's dawn song is "an excited-sounding 'ch'd'dik, ch'd'dik, ch'd'dik, chéw' " with some variations in emphasis and sometimes some "kee-keek" notes inserted. While foraging it often gives a "pit" or "pif" note.