Flycatchers

Look For Among flycatchers, the yellow-bellied flycatcher is distinguished by its olive-green overall color, yellow throat, and complete white eye ring. Listen For The loud and abrupt chebunk or chebork song is similar to that of the least flycatcher, but softer—and typically accompanied by a dramatic toss of the head with each note. Remember The […]

Look For With its generous-sized head, long wings, and a short, wide tail, the olive-sided flycatcher is one of the largest tyrant flycatchers. It has a dark head and white patches near the sides of the back. Listen For Olive-sided flycatchers are loud flycatchers that make a hard, repetitious pip call. Listen for the song,

Look for Song is often an important clue in identifying the little gray and greenish flycatchers. In the South, the Acadian is the only one that nests outside of the Appalachians and the rolling Piedmont surrounding them. (Willow, least, and alder flycatchers provide ample identification challenges in these areas.) From spring into midsummer, the Acadian

Look for One of our larger flycatchers at 8 ½ inches tall, the great crested flycatcher is a pleasing blend of colors with a lemon belly and underwings and a rufous tail, set off by a gray head and olive back. Males and females are alike in appearance, and both will aggressively defend their nesting