Grey Silky-flycatcher

The grey silky-flycatcher (Ptiliogonys cinereus) is a species of bird in the family Ptiliogonatidae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico and as a vagrant in Texas, United States. == Taxonomy and systematics == The grey silky-flycatcher has these four subspecies: P. c. cinereus Swainson, 1827 P. c. otofuscus Moore, RT, 1935 P. c. pallescens Griscom, 1934 P. c. molybdophanes Ridgway, 1887 The grey silky-flycatcher and the long-tailed silky-flycatcher (P. caudatus) are sister species. == Description == The grey silky-flycatcher is 18.5 to 21 cm (7.3 to 8.3 in) long. It is a slender bird with a prominent crest and a long tail. Adult males of the nominate subspecies P. c. cinereus have dusky lores, a white patch above the lores, a thin white eye-ring, and a white or brownish white chin and cheeks on an otherwise blue-gray head and crest. Their upperparts are blue-gray. Their flight feathers are black. Their central pair of tail feathers are black and the rest have a black base, a white upper half, and black lower half. Their throat and breast are gray, their belly whitish, their flanks golden-olive or yellow, and their undertail coverts bright yellow. Adult females have a gray head and…