Dusky-capped Flycatcher (us-RGV)
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Range, Abundance, and Seasonal Variations
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General Information
Size
Length: 18cm (??in), Wingspan: ??cm (??in), Weight: 19.4g
Field Marks
Pale gray throat and breast, yellow underparts, brownish-olive upperparts, pale wing bars and tertial edges, brown tail with thin rust edges, bill dark and slim, blackish head and short crest. Sexes similar. Immature: Rufous edgings to the wings and tail.
Similar species
Best separated from other confusingly similar Myiarchus species by its smaller size, blackish head, and its call. Great Crested and Brown-crested are larger with larger, thicker bills. Great Crested has a darker gray throat and breast. The Ash-throated has paler yellow underparts. Dusky-capped has a browner, less rusty tail than Great Crested and Ash-throated. 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 sorrowful, descending, whistled ‘’peeur’’ or ‘’wheeeeeu’’.
Feeding & Behavior
Insectivorous and catches its prey by flycatching amongst the middle branches of trees.
Habitat & Nesting
The nest is built in a tree cavity, and the normal clutch is three brown-marked buff eggs. The young fledge 13 days after hatching.
Range
Breeds in forest and other woodland from southern Arizona south to northern Argentina and on Trinidad. It is resident in most of its range, but American breeders retreat to Mexico in winter. United States range restricted to southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona-stray elsewhere.
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