Flycatcher

Adults have olive-brown upperparts, browner on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail. The breast is washed with olive-grey. The upper part of the bill is grey; the lower part is orangish. At one time, this bird was included with the very similar Willow Flycatcher in a single species, Traill's Flycatcher.

The Flycatcher is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. These are mainly small arboreal insectivores, many of which, as the name implies, take their prey on the wing. More

flycatcherflycatcher - any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wingOld World flycatcher, true flycatcheroscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatusfamily Muscicapidae, Muscicapidae - Old World (true) flycatchersMuscicapa grisola, Muscicapa striata, spotted flycatcher - common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumagethickhead, whistler - Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call 2. More

the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata), is 5.5 in. (14 cm) long and streaked grayish brown. It inhabits open woodlands and gardens eastward from Europe, where it breeds, through Asia. Tyrant flycatchers include the manakins, pewees, kingbirds, becards, and cotingas, among others. Most have a large head, short legs, and a broad bill (e.g., phoebes). For more information on flycatcher, visit Britannica.com. More

The Vermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus, is a small passerine bird that can be found in the southwestern United States, Central America, and northern and central South America, and southwards to central Argentina; also in the Galapagos Islands. This is the only species in the genus Pyrocephalus. The species grows to about seven inches in length, and is strongly dimorphic; males are bright red in color, with dark brown plumage. More

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Flycatcher (with which it was formerly lumped) only by voice and to some extent by breeding habitat. The eye-ring is very narrow or absent. Voice: Song, a sneezy fitz-bew. Note, whit or weet. Range: Alaska, Canada to sw. and e.-cen. U.S. Winters s. Mexico to Panama. Habitat: Somewhat like Alder's (willow thickets, etc.); often in drier situations; more southern. More

flycatcher, common name for various members of the Old World family Muscicapidae, insectivorous songbirds including the kingbirds, phoebes, and pewees. Flycatchers vary in color from drab to brilliant, as in the crested monarch and paradise flycatchers of Asia and Africa. The New World family Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers), includes 365 species distributed over the Americas from the Canadian tree limit to Patagonia. More

Flycatcher Information Flycatcher Sounds = There are 110 audio clip matches for 'Flycatcher'. Pages: 1 2 3 4 Next Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Photographer: Steve Maslowski Source: US Fish and Wildlife This image is in public domain. More

Flycatchers have large heads, broad shoulders, flattish bills, pointed wings, and small, weak legs and feet. The tails are rounded or shallowly forked, except for that of the scissor-tailed flycatcher of the SW United States, a gray bird with black wings and tail and reddish patches at the wing base, whose long (7–10 in./17.5–25 cm), deeply forked tail enables it to perform aerial acrobatics. More

The Alder Flycatcher can be found as a native species in numerous countries, including the United States, Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Costa Rica. This species calls such a large area home that its range exceeds 7 million square kilometers. It is estimated that the global population of this species is around 49 million individual birds. More

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Pied flycatcher (Muscicapa hypoleuca) any of a number of perching birds (order Passeriformes) that dart out to capture insects on the wing, particularly members of the Old World songbird family Muscicapidae and of the New World family Tyrannidae, which consists of the tyrant flycatchers. More

The Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) lives in all states east of the Rockies and is common in open deciduous forests and orchards. It is a dark olive gray on the back, with a yellow underside and light gray throat. Its distinctive crest gives it its name, and it has a large bill. It is nearly 9" long and is the only eastern flycatcher to nest in cavities. In fact, it will nest in nearly any kind of cavity. More

The Great Crested Flycatcher is found throughout eastern and mid-western areas of North America. This species resides mostly in treetops, and rarely is found at ground level. They breed in deciduous and mixed forests in eastern North America. Nests are built inside of tree cavities, using snakeskin or plastic for insulation. In winter months, this species migrates south to Mexico, South America, Florida and Cuba. Diets of the Great Crested Flycatcher consist of fruits and berries, and insects caught mid-flight. More

* A group of flycatchers has many collective nouns, including an "outfield", "swatting", "zapper", and "zipper" of flycatchers. Author Gary Owen Dick SplitbarRange Map for Cordilleran Flycatcher . Bird database and its related content, illustrations and media is Copyright © 2002 - 2007 Whatbird.com All rights reserved. No part of this web site may be reproduced without written permission from Mitch Waite Group. Privacy Policy. Percevia® Registered in the U.S. More

Great Crested FlycatcherThe Great Crested Flycatcher is a forest bird often seen perched on a branch or utility post and flying forth to grab flying insects then returning to the same place to eat. It lives in northern South America and migrates to eastern North America to nest and raise its fledglings. It is a medium-sized (8-9 inches long) songbird with olive brown back, pale gray throat and yellow belly. Its wings and tail have a rusty tinge. Its bill is large and black. More

Cool Fact: Scissor-tailed Flycatchers sometimes feed at night near streetlights. Listen to a recording (Real Audio) of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher from the Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Inhabitants of open country in the south-central United States, Scissor-tailed Flycatchers are arguably the most distinctive and beautiful flycatcher species that commonly occurs in the United States. More

Except for the fork-tailed flycatcher of the American tropics (an extremely rare vagrant north of the Mexican border), no other North American bird has such a long, narrow tail compared with its body size. Pale gray is the scissortail’s predominant color, approaching white on the face and breast. The wings are blackish, the tail black and white. Scarlet “armpits” are mostly concealed while the bird is perched, and a scarlet crown patch is almost always hidden. More

The male semi-collared flycatcher is a small, pied bird, with a glossy black head, back, tail and upperwing, a grey rump, and a white forehead, throat and underparts. The flight feathers are blackish-brown, with white markings. In non-breeding plumage, the male is a more grey-brown colour, with creamy-buff underparts (2) (3). The legs and beak are black (2), and, as in all Old World flycatchers, the beak is fairly broad and flat (4). More

Semi-collared flycatcher perched on branch Semi-collared flycatcher perched on branchPrint factsheet Facts - Also known as: eastern collared flycatcher, half-collared flycatcher, semicollared flycatcher French: Gobemouche À Demi-collier Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Passeriformes Family More

● Foraging & Feeding: Willow Flycatcher: Feeds on insects; forages in flight, sometimes picking insects from foliage. ● Breeding & nesting: Willow Flycatcher: Two to four brown spotted, white to pale buff eggs are laid in a neat, compact cup of plant down and fibers built in a low bush or sapling. Incubation ranges from 12 to 15 days and is carried out by the female. ● Similar species: Willow Flycatcher: Alder Flycatcher has a shorter bill, more prominent eye-ring, and less brown on upperparts. More

the Cordilleran Flycatcher is a common small yellowish flycatcher of shaded forests. Nearly identical in appearance to the Pacific-slope Flycatcher, the two forms were formerly considered to be the same species, known as the "Western Flycatcher. More

Alder Flycatcher, Aitkin County, Minnesota. Willow Flycatcher, RMBO Barr Lake Banding Station, 9/1/02. Head detail of Willow Flycatcher, RMBO Barr Lake Banding Station, 9/1/02. Least Flycatcher, Burnett County, Wisconsin, 6/03. Least Flycatcher, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory's Chico Basin Ranch banding station, El Paso County, Colorado, 5/12/02. More

The olive-sided flycatcher is a stout, block-headed, short-tailed bird with a large bill. Its back is olive-gray-brown, with similar colored streaked sides. Dull white runs from the throat down the center of the breast to the light belly. Some characterize this underside as an “unbuttoned vest. More

The Great Crested Flycatcher always nests in a cavity—an abandoned woodpecker hole, a hollow tree, or a nest box. If the hole is too deep, the birds will fill it up from the bottom with debris before beginning the nest of twigs. They may add a cast-off snakeskin or a strip of shiny plastic, which is sometimes left hanging outside the cavity. In dry parts of the West the smaller Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) often nests in a hole in a large cactus. More

"This very beautiful and singular species of Flycatcher is confined wholly to the open plains and scanty forests of the remote south-western regions beyond the Mississippi, where they, in all probability, extend their residence to the high plains of Mexico. I found these birds rather common near the banks of Red river, about the confluence of the Kiamesha. More

Picture of Empidonax alnorum above has been licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial.
Original source: Caleb Slemmons
-Caleb Slemmons -Author: Caleb Slemmons
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Order : Passeriformes
Family : Tyrannidae
Genus : Empidonax
Species : alnorum
Authority : Brewster, 1895