Brown-crested Flycatcher
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Size
Length: 20.3cm (??in), Wingspan: ??cm (??in), Weight: 30g
Field Marks
Bill dark and large. The upperparts are olive brown, with a darker head and short crest. Pale gray throat and breast The breast is grey and the belly is lemon yellow. The brown tail feathers and wings have rufous outer webs, and there are two dull wing bars. The sexes are similar.
Similar species
Best separated from other confusingly similar Myiarchus species by its call, Ash-throated and Dusky-capped are smaller with smaller, slimmer bills. Great Crested has a darker gray throat and breast while Ash-throated has paler yellow underparts. Ash-throated and Great Crested have rustier tails. The calls of these very similar species are an excellent way to distinguish them. Some species of kingbirds are similar but have paler heads and lack rusty in the tail.
Sounds
A rough loud come HERE, come HERE or whit-will-do, whit-will-do.
Feeding & Behavior
This species is a rather skulking insectivore which catches its prey by flycatching amongst the undergrowth.
Habitat & Nesting
Breeds in open woodland. 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.
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Range
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 American breeders retreat to Mexico or southern Florida in winter.
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