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La Sagra's Flycatcher

Myiarchus sagraeOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
La Sagra's Flycatcher Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Plain
  • Crown Color: Dark gray-brown
  • Forehead Color: Dark gray-brown
  • Nape Color: Gray-brown
  • Throat Color: White with gray wash.
  • Cere color: No Data
La Sagra's Flycatcher Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 20 cm (8 in)
  • Weight: 17 g (0.6 oz)
  • Size: Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color Primary: White, Gray
  • Underparts: White
  • Upperparts: Gray-brown
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
La Sagra's Flycatcher Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Weak fluttering flight with swallow wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 30 cm (12 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Dark gray-brown
  • Under Tail: Red-brown
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family
Species Myiarchus sagrae
Length8 Inches
Wingspan12 Inches

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.
La Sagra's Flycatcher Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & 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.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationCasual to accidental
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.6 Ounces