Venezuelan Flycatcher

The Venezuelan flycatcher (Myiarchus venezuelensis) is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and on Tobago. == Taxonomy and systematics == The Venezuelan flycatcher was originally described as a species with its current binomial Myiarchus venezuelensis. In 1918 it was reclassified as a subspecies Myiarchus ferox, then called the Guiana flycatcher and now the short-crested flycatcher. That treatment lasted into the 1970s when it was again recognized as a distinct species. The Venezuelan flycatcher is monotypic. == Description == The Venezuelan flycatcher is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 27 to 33 g (0.95 to 1.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dark olive-green to brownish olive crown and upperparts. The crown has a slight crest and is slightly darker in the center, giving a streaked effect. Their lores are gray that extends to a short supercilium. Their cheeks are gray and their ear coverts brownish olive. Their wings are mostly dusky with thin rufous outer edges on the primaries. The secondaries and tertials have rufous, pale yellowish, and white edges on respectively their outer, middle, and inner feather sets. Their wing…