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Nutting's Flycatcher

Myiarchus nuttingiOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Breeding Location:

Bushes, shrubs, and thickets



Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester



Breeding Population:

Accidental in Arizona



Egg Color:

White, with red brown, purple and black marks



Number of Eggs:

3 - 5



Incubation Days:

14



Egg Incubator:

Female



Nest Material:

Grasses., Lined with weeds, hair, twigs, grasses, rootlets, and feathers.



Migration:

Nonmigratory



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Overview

Nutting's Flycatcher: Medium flycatcher with olive-brown upperparts, yellow belly and undertail coverts, darker olive-brown crown, brown tail and wings, and pale gray throat, breast. Feeds on insects and berries. Strong flight on rapidly beating wings. Hovers and dips to pick up prey.

Range and Habitat

Nutting's Flycatcher: Native of Mexico; accidental in southeastern Arizona. Frequents interiors and edges of deciduous woodlots; also occurs in second-growth, from low to middle levels.

Breeding and Nesting

Nutting's Flycatcher: Three to five white eggs marked with red brown, purple, and black are laid in a nest made of grass, lined with weeds, hair, grass, twigs, rootlets, and feathers, and built 1 to 20 feet above the ground in a tree, post, or woodpecker hole. Eggs are incubated for 14 days by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Nutting's Flycatcher: Eats insects and berries. Forages by sallying and hovering within foliage to catch insects; less often hawks insects in flight.

Readily Eats

Meal Worms

Vocalization

Nutting's Flycatcher: Song is a sharp, chattering "wheep, wheep" or "wheek, wheek." Call is a repetitious "ki, di-di-dir."

Similar Species

Nutting's Flycatcher: Ash-throated Flycatcher is gray-brown overall, has paler yellow belly, pale gray throat and breast, and different voice.

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Family
Species Myiarchus nuttingi
Length7 - 7.5 Inches
Wingspan12 Inches

Nutting's Flycatcher

Nutting's Flycatcher: Medium flycatcher with olive-brown upperparts, yellow belly and undertail coverts, darker olive-brown crown, brown tail and wings, and pale gray throat, breast. Feeds on insects and berries. Strong flight on rapidly beating wings. Hovers and dips to pick up prey.

● Song: "wheep, wheep", "wheek, wheek", "ki, di-di-dir"

● Foraging & Feeding: Nutting's Flycatcher: Eats insects and berries. Forages by sallying and hovering within foliage to catch insects; less often hawks insects in flight.

● Breeding & nesting: Nutting's Flycatcher: Three to five white eggs marked with red brown, purple, and black are laid in a nest made of grass, lined with weeds, hair, grass, twigs, rootlets, and feathers, and built 1 to 20 feet above the ground in a tree, post, or woodpecker hole. Eggs are incubated for 14 days by the female.

● Similar species: Nutting's Flycatcher: Ash-throated Flycatcher is gray-brown overall, has paler yellow belly, pale gray throat and breast, and different voice.

Flight Pattern

Fairly strong flight on rapidly beating wings. Hovers and dips to pick up prey, may hawk in flight and return to perch.
Nutting's Flycatcher Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Nutting's Flycatcher: Native of Mexico; accidental in southeastern Arizona. Frequents interiors and edges of deciduous woodlots; also occurs in second-growth, from low to middle levels.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationAccidental in Arizona
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight0.8 Ounces