Dusky Flycatcher

Empidonax oberholseri Order: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
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General

Dusky Flycatcher: Small flycatcher with olive-gray upperparts and white- or yellow-tinged underparts. Upper breast has a darker band. Eye has faint eye-ring. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Dusky Flycatcher: Breeds from British Columbia and western South Dakota south to southern California, central Arizona, and northern New Mexico. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border, and rarely in southern California. Preferred habitats include woodlands containing tall trees and tall undergrowth, mountain chaparral, and open, brushy coniferous forests.

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"dee-hick", "sill-it, "grrreeep", "pweet", "whit"

Interesting Facts

 The scientific name of the Dusky Flycatcher commemorates the American ornithologist Harry Church Oberholser.

 A group of flycatchers has many collective nouns, including an "outfield", "swatting", "zapper", and "zipper" of flycatchers.



Author

Gary Owen Dick

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Related Birds

Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Gray Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
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Family Flycatcher (Tyrannidae)_blue
Species Empidonax oberholseri
Length5.75 Inches
Wingspan8.5 Inches

Dusky Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher: Small flycatcher with olive-gray upperparts and white or yellow tinged underparts. The upper breast has a pale olive wash. Eye has faint eye-ring. Bill is black except for orange base of lower mandible. The legs and feet are black. Weak fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.

● Song: "dee-hick", "sill-it, "grrreeep", "pweet", "whit"

● Foraging & Feeding: Dusky Flycatcher: Eats flying insects; forages low over shrubby vegetation.

● Breeding & nesting: Dusky Flycatcher: Three to four white eggs are laid in a neat, twiggy cup set low in the crotch of a shrub or small tree. Incubation ranges from 12 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Dusky Flycatcher: Hammond’s Flycatcher is smaller and darker below. Gray Flycatcher is grayer above and rangier.

Flight Pattern

Weak fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.
Dusky Flycatcher Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Dusky Flycatcher: Breeds from British Columbia and western South Dakota south to southern California, central Arizona, and northern New Mexico. Spends winters south of the U.S.-Mexico border, and rarely in southern California. Preferred habitats include woodlands containing tall trees and tall undergrowth, mountain chaparral, and open, brushy coniferous forests.
BreedingMonogamous
PopulationIncreasing
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.4 Ounces