Field Guide to Birds of North America
La Sagra's Flycatcher
Breeding Location:
Forests
Breeding Type:
Monogamous, Solitary nester
Breeding Population:
Casual to accidental
Egg Color:
White, marked with red brown, purple and black
Number of Eggs:
3 - 5
Incubation Days:
12 - 14
Egg Incubator:
Female
Nest Material:
Grasses, weeds, hair, feathers, and twigs.
Migration:
Nonmigratory
Overview
La Sagra's Flycatcher: Medium flycatcher, gray-brown upperparts, slight crest, white underparts with pale yellow wash on belly, undertail coverts. Wings have two white bars, dark brown primaries with rufous edging. Long, dark tail has rufous edges on outer feathers. Black legs, feet.
Range and Habitat
La Sagra's Flycatcher: Caribbean native; casual to accidental in Florida, accidental in Alabama. Inhabits woodlands and forests where trees are large enough for nesting holes.
Breeding and Nesting
La Sagra's Flycatcher: Three to five white eggs marked with red brown, purple and black are laid in a natural cavity or abandoned woodpecker hole lined with grass, weeds, hair, feathers, and twigs. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.
Foraging and Feeding
La Sagra's Flycatcher: Eats insects, fruits, and berries. Hawks flying insects beneath tree crowns.
Readily Eats
Meal Worms
Vocalization
La Sagra's Flycatcher: Song is a squeaky "wink, wink" given in two’s or three’s.
Similar Species
La Sagra's Flycatcher: Ash-throated Flycatcher is larger, has more rufous on tail, slightly brighter yellow belly, and different voice.
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Family
Flycatcher (Tyrannidae)_blue
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Species
Myiarchus sagrae
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Length8
Inches
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Wingspan12
Inches
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La Sagra's Flycatcher
La Sagra's Flycatcher: Medium flycatcher, gray-brown upperparts, slight crest, white underparts with pale yellow wash on belly, undertail coverts. Wings have two white bars, dark brown primaries with rufous edging. Long, dark tail has rufous edges on outer feathers. Black legs, feet.
● Song: "wink, wink"
● Foraging & Feeding: La Sagra's Flycatcher: Eats insects, fruits, and berries. Hawks flying insects beneath tree crowns.
● Breeding & nesting: La Sagra's Flycatcher: Three to five white eggs marked with red brown, purple and black are laid in a natural cavity or abandoned woodpecker hole lined with grass, weeds, hair, feathers, and twigs. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.
● Similar species: La Sagra's Flycatcher: Ash-throated Flycatcher is larger, has more rufous on tail, slightly brighter yellow belly, and different voice.
Flight Pattern
Weak fluttering flight with swallow wing beats.
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BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
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PopulationCasual to accidental
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MigrationNonmigratory
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Weight0.6
Ounces
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