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Dusky Flycatcher

Empidonax oberholseriOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Dusky Flycatcher Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Eyering (complete or broken)
  • Crown Color: Olive-gray
  • Forehead Color: Olive-gray
  • Nape Color: Olive-gray
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
Dusky Flycatcher Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 15 cm (5.75 in)
  • Weight: 11 g (0.4 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Gray, Yellow, Buff
  • Underparts: White with pale olive wash.
  • Upperparts: Olive-gray
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Dusky Flycatcher Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 20-23 cm (8-9 in)
  • Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Dark Gray
  • Under Tail: Dark Gray
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family Flycatcher (Tyrannidae)_blue
Species Empidonax oberholseri
Length5.75 Inches
Wingspan8.5 Inches

Dusky Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher: Small flycatcher with olive-gray upperparts and white or yellow tinged underparts. The upper breast has a pale olive wash. Eye has faint eye-ring. Bill is black except for orange base of lower mandible. The legs and feet are black. Weak fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.

● Song: "dee-hick", "sill-it, "grrreeep", "pweet", "whit"

● Foraging & Feeding: Dusky Flycatcher: Eats flying insects; forages low over shrubby vegetation.

● Breeding & nesting: Dusky Flycatcher: Three to four white eggs are laid in a neat, twiggy cup set low in the crotch of a shrub or small tree. Incubation ranges from 12 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Dusky Flycatcher: Hammond’s Flycatcher is smaller and darker below. Gray Flycatcher is grayer above and rangier.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.
Dusky Flycatcher Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Dusky Flycatcher: Breeds from British Columbia and western South Dakota south to southern California, central Arizona, and northern New Mexico. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border, and rarely in southern California. Preferred habitats include woodlands containing tall trees and tall undergrowth, mountain chaparral, and open, brushy coniferous forests.
BreedingMonogamous
PopulationIncreasing
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.4 Ounces