Large, upright-perching flycatcher. From the front it looks like it is wearing a vest. Sexes similar.
Large, elongated, upright-perching flycatcher with a "vested" look—gray sides contrast with white stripe down the belly. Head sometimes looks peaked at the rear.
Perches upright often on the top of dead branches and trees.
Large flycatcher with a relatively wide bill. Dark gray overall with a white throat and a gray vest.
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A stocky, barrel-chested flycatcher, with a large head and a heavy, long bill for its size. It has rather long wings that can make the tail look short.
Larger than a Western Wood-Pewee, smaller than a Western Kingbird.
between sparrow and robinA subspecies known as majorinus breeds in southern California and northern Baja California. These individuals have longer wings and tails than Olive-sided Flycatchers in the rest of the range.
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