Breeding Location:
Forests, coniferous
Breeding Type:
Monogamous
Breeding Population:
Widespread
Egg Color:
Creamy white, sometimes with brown spots
Number of Eggs:
3 - 4
Incubation Days:
12 - 16
Egg Incubator:
Female
Nest Material:
Weed stems, grass, bark strips, and lichens lined with finer materials.
Migration:
Migratory
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Overview
Hammond's Flycatcher: Small flycatcher, gray upperparts, gray-brown underparts, white eye-ring. Throat is pale gray, belly is pale yellow. Wings are dark with two pale bars. Feeds on insects. Black legs and feet. Weak fluttering direct flight with shallow wing beats. Sallies to take insects in air.
Range and Habitat
Hammond's Flycatcher: Breeds from eastern Alaska south to northern California and northern New Mexico. Spends winters in the tropics and rarely in Arizona. Preferred habitats include mature conifer forests at high altitudes.
Breeding and Nesting
Hammond's Flycatcher: Three or four creamy white eggs, occasionally with brown spots, are laid in a well-built cup nest saddled on a branch 15 to 60 feet above the ground, usually in a conifer. Incubation ranges from 12 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.
Foraging and Feeding
Hammond's Flycatcher: Eats mostly insects; forages at mid-level in conifers and aspens.
Readily Eats
Meal Worms
Vocalization
Hammond's Flycatcher: Song is "seweep-tsurp-seep", with the last part rising. Call is a high "peep" or soft "wit."
Similar Species
Hammond's Flycatcher: Dusky Flycatcher has a longer bill, pale gray throat, longer tail, and different voice. Least Flycatcher is slightly smaller, grayer above, whiter below, and has a different voice.
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