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Arundinicola leucocephala
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Identification

Male on left, female on right.

5" (13cm). Slightly crested. Male unmistakable: blackish brown with entire head and upper chest white; lower mandible yellow. Female very different: pale grayish brown above, wings and tail darker; forecrown, sides of head, and underparts white; breast with a few indistinct grayish streaks.

Similar species : Female most likely to be confused with immature Pied Water-Tyrant.

Voice : Usually quiet. Call a high-pitched tzeek.

Range : To 500m. North Columbia to the Guianas and east of Andes to Bolivia, Uruguay, and southeast Brazil. Trinidad.

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