Tails of juvenile brown-cresteds and ash-throateds are like the great crested’s but overall paler and lack broad white stripe on innermost secondary.

That's why I went on high alert when I heard the great crested flycatcher, a migratory songbird that had arrived from its winter home south of the border. Its dawn song — "weeeUP-weeeeER ...

Specifically, the great crested flycatcher can be your new best friend in keeping pests at bay. The great crested flycatcher ...

The great crested has a darker gray face and breast; olive wash on sides of breast; broad white edge to innermost secondary; all-rufous inner webs of tail feathers; orange-yellow mouth lining ...