Bird Watcher’s Corner

A female White-headed Marsh Tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala) in Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara (Photo by Kester Clarke)
A female White-headed Marsh Tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala) in Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara (Photo by Kester Clarke)
A female White-headed Marsh Tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala) in Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara (Photo by Kester Clarke)

The adult White-headed Marsh Tyrant is 12.7 cm long and weighs 15 g. The male is entirely brown-black, apart from the relatively large white head and yellowish lower mandible. The female has brown upperparts and wings and a black tail. Her underparts, sides of the head and forecrown are dull white. This is a quiet species, but the call is a sharp sedik. (Wikipedia)