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Dusky-capped Flycatcher - Myiarchus tuberculifer

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiarchus

ICUN Redlist - World Status:

Least Concern

Description

Dusky-capped flycatchers are 5.7 inches in length. They have brownish-olive upperparts, a pale yellow belly, and a pale gray throat and breast. They have a long, thin black bill and a brown tail. Males and females look alike.

Range

map The dusky-capped flycatcher is found from southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico south into South America. Birds in the northern parts this range may migrate south in the winter.
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Habitat

The dusky-capped flycatcher is found in oak-pine woodlands and thickets and river canyons.

Diet

Dusky-capped flycatchers primarily eat insects and some fruits and berries.

Life Cycle

The female dusky-capped flycatcher lays 4-5 eggs in a tree cavity. The chicks hatch in two weeks and fledge when they are two weeks old.

Behavior

Dusky-capped flycatchers can be identified by their long, mournful and repeated "wheeeuu" call.

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