Brown-crested Flycatcher

Adult Brown-crested Flycatchers are 20.3cm long and weigh 30g, and have heavy bills. The upperparts are olive brown, with a darker head and short crest. The breast is grey and the belly is lemon yellow. The brown tail feathers has rufous inner webs, the remiges have rufous outer webs, and there are two dull wing bars. The sexes are similar.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

of the Brown-crested Flycatcher in North and Middle America. This common inhabitant of forest edge and lowland riparian, thorn, second-growth, and columnar-cactus woodlands from the southwestern United States to northwestern Costa Rica is also widely distributed in eastern South America peripheral to Amazonia. Populations that breed in the United States and northern Mexico are migratory, moving south into areas of southern Mexico and Central America, where the species also occurs as a permanent resident. More

The brown-crested flycatcher is fairly similar to two or three other flycatchers all of whom have some degree of yellow on the underparts, patterned brown upperparts and a brown crest, all of similar size. The brown-created flycatcher breeds around January and February in Tobago, the nest is normally situated in bamboo stumps or a hole in the tree being made of a combination of grass, roots, moss and bark. More

The Brown-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in open woodland from southern California, southern Nevada, central Arizona, and southern Texas southward to Argentina and Bolivia, and on Trinidad and Tobago. It is resident in most of its range, but individuals breeding in the United States retreat to Mexico or southern Florida in winter. Adult Brown-crested Flycatchers are 20.3cm long and weigh 30g, and have heavy bills. More

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has a large range, estimated globally at 10,000,000 square kilometers. It is native to the Americas and can live in a variety of habitats from forests to savannas, shrublands, and wetlands. It has an estimated global population of some 7,700,000 individuals. While the population trends have not been precisely determined, the species is not believed to be experiencing a population decline near the thresholds that necessitate inclusion on the IUCN Red List. More

Brown-crested Flycatcher: Feeds on insects, berries, and other fruits; has been observed eating hummingbirds. Readily Eats Meal Worms Vocalization Brown-crested Flycatcher: Song is a "come HERE, come HERE", a sharp "wit", or "way-burg". Similar Species Brown-crested Flycatcher: Great Crested has darker gray throat and breast and rust-brown tail. Ash-throated has paler yellow underparts and rust-brown tail. . More

The Brown-crested Flycatcher is best separated from other confusingly similar Myiarchus species by its call, a rough loud come HERE, come HERE or whit-will-do, whit-will-do. This species is a rather skulking insectivore which catches its prey by flycatching amongst the undergrowth. It sometimes eats fruit. The nest is built in a tree cavity or similar natural or man-made hole, and the normal clutch is two or three purple-marked cream eggs. More

Brown-crested Flycatchers WHEEP, WHEEP, WHEEP similarly to Great Cresteds, even occasionally now, in the dry season. My impression is that here Brown-cresteds are the most common of Yucat More

Brown-crested Flycatcher, even in the same population (i.e. same locality), and the Brown-crested can also have an all, or nearly all, dark bill. See this example. Thus, a bill with a pink base indicates a Brown-crested, but an all-black bill could belong to either a Brown-crested or a Short-crested Flycatcher. More

attention to having a look for the Brown-crested flycatcher that has been reported in the north beach area for several days. Some very brief background info for the uninitiated (including me) as to why this is a big deal: The Brown-crested flycatcher is normally found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America. Think Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah. So, it’s quite a rare instance for one of these to visit Florida. More

The next four images of Brown-crested Flycatchers were taken in the spring and early summer of 2006 in Hidalgo Co., Texas with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 600mm F/4 L IS lens and 1.4X extender. 305 Loganberry Ct. More

Brown-crested Flycatchers are migrants to the states, common but local breeders throughout central and southern Arizona and south Texas, with records from southeastern California and extreme southwestern New Mexico. Part of the identification problem is that they are notably late arrivals (early May) and notably early departures (mid-August), so time for study is relatively short and of course not many birders are doing south Texas in the early summer humidity. More

grey and the brown-crested flycatcher’s belly is much lighter yellow than the great-crested! Sarah Mayhew, who was down photographing for the month on the West Coast of Florida, joined us and was able to take a photo of the brown-crested flycatcher. Our Audubon group spotted 104 species during our trip, including long-billed cuckoo, red knots, roseate spoonbills and a great horned owl with young. The warblers are headed your way — keep your eyes open. More

The Brown-crested Flycatcher is a rather recent arrival in California, first discovered along the Colorado River in 1921 and occurring in numbers there by 1930. Since then it has colonized a few desert oases farther west, mainly Tecopa, Morongo Valley, the Mojave River, and the South Fork of the Kern River. More

The Brown-crested Flycatcher is a large flycatcher, olive above and yellow below with cinnamon in its wings and tail. Its larger size, black bill and brighter sulphur-yellow belly distinguish it from the Ash-throated Flycatcher. The Great Crested Flycatcher has brighter underparts and a brown, not blackish, lower mandible. The song of the Brown-crested Flycatcher is a burry purreeeer, a sharp wit! or way-burg. The Brown-crested Flycatcher eats beetles, other flying insects and some wild berries and fruits. More