Rufous-tailed Flycatcher

About the Rufous-tailed Flycatcher

The rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Jamaica. For a time the rufous-tailed flycatcher was placed in the monotypic genus Hylonax in family Cotingidae but a 2004 paper confirmed its place among the tyrant flycatchers. The rufous-tailed flycatcher has no subspecies.

The rufous-tailed flycatcher is a large flycatcher, about 24 cm (9.4 in) long and weighing about 39 to 43 g (1.4 to 1.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a smoky brown crown whose feathers form a small crest. Their face is slaty gray. Their upperparts are mostly dull olive with a rufous tinge on the uppertail coverts. Their wings are partially dull olive with wide rufous edges on the outer webs of the primaries and secondaries. Their tertials are almost entirely rufous. The wing coverts have wide rufous tips. These combine to make the wing appear almost entirely rufous when closed. Their tail's central pair of feathers have pale rufous outer webs. The other tail feathers are mostly rufous. Their throat and breast are dark gray that blends into the yellow belly and... Wikipedia →