About Myiarchus barbirostris (Swainson, 1827)
The sad flycatcher, Myiarchus barbirostris (Swainson, 1827), measures 16.5 to 17 cm (6.5 to 6.7 in) in length and weighs 11.5 to 16 g (0.41 to 0.56 oz). Males and females share the same plumage pattern. Adults have a smoky olive-brown crown and face, with crown feathers that form a crest. Their upperparts are more olive, with rufous-tinged olive-brown uppertail coverts. Their wings are mostly brown, with pale grayish edges along the tertials. The greater and median wing coverts have a rufous tinge that creates faint wing bars. Their tail is mostly brown, with rufous coloring on the outer webs of some feathers. Their throat and upper breast are gray to pale whitish, while their lower breast, belly, and undertail coverts are lemon-yellow. They have dark irises, dark bills, and dark legs and feet. Juveniles have entirely gray underparts.
This species is found across most of Jamaica. It primarily lives in lowland and montane evergreen forest and woodlands, occurs less often in drier lowland areas and open high-elevation forest, and is rarely found in mangroves. Its elevational range extends from sea level up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft).
