Breeding Location:
Forest edge, Grassland with scattered trees, Bushes, shrubs, and thickets
Breeding Type:
Monogamous
Breeding Population:
Fairly common
Egg Color:
Creamy white
Number of Eggs:
3 - 4
Incubation Days:
14
Egg Incubator:
Female
Nest Material:
Weeds, bark, grasses, and twigs, lined with plant down.
Migration:
Migratory
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Overview
Gray Flycatcher: Small flycatcher with gray or olive-gray upperparts and pale gray underparts. Eye-ring is white. Upper mandible is dark gray, while lower mandible is pale pink with black tip. Wings are dark with two white bars. The tail is long, dark, and has white edges. Legs and feet are black.
Range and Habitat
Gray Flycatcher: Breeds from southern Washington and southwestern Wyoming south to eastern California, central Arizona, and central New Mexico. Spends winters in southern California and southern Arizona. Sagebrush and pinyon-juniper woodlands are preferred habitats.
Breeding and Nesting
Gray Flycatcher: Three or four creamy white eggs are laid in a grass-woven cup nest built low in a sagebrush or small tree. Eggs are incubated for approximately 14 days by the female.
Foraging and Feeding
Gray Flycatcher: Hunts from a perch and catches food in mid-air or on the ground. Diet consists mainly of small insects such as beetles, grasshoppers, and moths.
Readily Eats
Meal Worms
Vocalization
Gray Flycatcher: Song is in two parts, rising in tone: "chiwip" or "chi-bit." Call is a soft "whit."
Similar Species
Gray Flycatcher: Most flycatchers are so similar in appearance that it is nearly impossible to tell them apart by sight alone without a bird in hand. However, their distinct songs and calls along with habitat are good diagnostics.
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