White-throated Kingbird

18 cm. Head pale gray with a white throat contrasting with a dark mask. Back olive-green. The rest of the underparts are bright yellow with only a faint wash of olive across chest. Wings and tail dusky, the wing feathers edged pale. The tail is more forked than that of /Tyrannus melancholicus . Calls a high series of "tic tic tic...." often combined to a trill "tic-titititititititititic....". Thinner than the vocalizations of /Tyrannus melancholicus . I do not know the dawn song. Perching on bushes, trees, fences and telephone wires. Performs aerial hawking and forages also on or near the ground. Frugivorous. The genus Tyrannus builds open cup nests ^77 Rare in bushy open savannah, cerrado, agricultural areas and gallery woodland frequently near water. Reported from the interior of S<C4>o Paulo State,<8E>Jaboticabal<8E>near Ribeir<C4>o Preto, Silvania<8E>etc. ^40 . To be expected to occur closer to the coast in suitable habitat. 2933 Calls, song. Pirapora, 11<10>13<10>98. Sunny,30<91>C. Gallery forest, bushy pasture. With /Pitangus sulphuratus, Troglodytes aedon, Saltator similis, Cyclarhis gujanensis .: 14942 Song. Cornell Cat 81506. Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, 11<10>11<10>88. With /Furnarius rufus , Recording by P. K. Donahue: 2164 Calls. Cornell Cat 44082. Pampas de Heath, Madre de Dios, Peru, 8<10>15<10>88. With /Columba cayennensis, Rhynchotus rufescens . Recording by T. A. Parker, III.: 7663 Song, call. Cornell Cat 44083. Pampas de Heath, Madre de Dios, Peru, 8<10>15<10>88. Recording by T. A. Parker, III.: 14258 >: