Grey-capped Flycatcher
The grey-capped flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis) is a passerine bird, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. == Taxonomy and systematics == The grey-capped flycatcher has three subspecies, the nominate M. g. granadensis (Lawrence, 1862), M. g. occidentalis (Zimmer, JT, 1937), and M. g. obscurior (Todd, 1925). At least one author has suggested that M. g. occidentalis should be merged into the nominate. == Description == The grey-capped flycatcher is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 28 to 30 g (0.99 to 1.1 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a gray crown and nape with a mostly hidden orange-yellow to reddish orange patch in the center of the crown. Females sometimes have a smaller patch or none at all. Adults of both sexes have a white forehead that extends as a thin supercilium to just past the eye. They have dusky lores and ear coverts. Their upperparts are mostly olive-green with dusky to dark olive uppertail coverts that have paler edges. Their wings are dusky grayish brown with pale…
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Puerto Jiménez, Costa Rica
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Quepos, Costa Rica
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Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica
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Roxana, Costa Rica
+124 birds+30 mammals
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Rivas, Costa Rica
+132 birds+30 mammals
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Las Horquetas, Costa Rica
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Golfito, Costa Rica
+132 birds+30 mammals
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Aguarico, Ecuador
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Santa Rosa, Colombia
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Leticia, Colombia
+133 birds+29 mammals
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Brazil
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San Pedro de Putina Punco, Peru
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