La Sagra's Flycatcher

Myiarchus sagraeOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

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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.

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

Field Guide to Birds of North America