Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Myiarchus tuberculiferOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

General

Dusky-capped Flycatcher: Small Myiarchus flycatcher with olive-brown upperparts, white and red-edged wing feathers, and rufous tail. Throat and breast are pale gray and belly is pale yellow.

Range and Habitat

Dusky-capped Flycatcher: Breeds in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border and in the tropics. Scrub oak thickets and canyon growth are preferred habitats.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"pee-ur", "huit"

Interesting Facts

The Dusky-capped Flycatcher is best separated from other confusingly similar Myiarchus species by its smaller size, blackish head, and its call, a sorrowful, descending, whistled peeur or wheeeeeu.

A group of flycatchers has many collective nouns, including an "outfield", "swatting", "zapper", and "zipper" of flycatchers.

Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Dusky-capped Flycatcher: Small Myiarchus flycatcher with olive-brown upperparts, white and red-edged wing feathers, brown tail. Throat and breast are pale gray and belly is pale yellow.Feeds on insects, fruits and berries. Rapid flight with shallow wing beats. Sallies to snatch insects in flight.

● Song: "pee-ur", "huit"

● Foraging & Feeding: Dusky-capped Flycatcher: Eats insects and some fruits and berries. Forages in the air or on the ground; watches for prey while perching.

● Breeding & nesting: Dusky-capped Flycatcher: Four or five white eggs, marked with brown, lavender, olive and gray, are laid in a tree cavity lined with weeds, feathers, grass, twigs, bark strips, hair, plant fibers, and leaves. Eggs are incubated for approximately 14 days by the female.

● Similar species: Dusky-capped Flycatcher: Great Crested and Brown-crested flycatchers are larger with longer, thicker bills; Great Crested also has a darker gray throat and breast, and more rust-brown on tail. Ash-throated Flycatcher has paler yellow underparts and more rust-brown on tail.

Flight Pattern

Fairly rapid flight with shallow wing beats.

Dusky-capped Flycatcher Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Dusky-capped Flycatcher: Breeds in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border and in the tropics. Scrub oak thickets and canyon growth are preferred habitats.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationFairly common

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight0.7 Ounces

Field Guide to Birds of North America