Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

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1. Description
2. Sound
3. Conservation Status
4. Other Names
5. Cool Facts
6. Full detailed species account

The easiest eastern Empidonax to identify, the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is a bird of the boreal forests and bogs. Its yellow underparts distinguish it from the other eastern Empidonax, but both its common calls can easily be confused with other species.

Description

• Small flycatcher.
• Large head; rounded to almost crested.
• Eyering, throat and breast yellowish.
• Two broad yellow or white wingbars.

• Size: 13-15 cm (5-6 in)
• Wingspan: 18-20 cm (7-8 in)
• Weight: 9-16 g (0.32-0.56 ounces)

Sex Differences

Sexes alike.

Sound

Song an abrupt, hoarse "che-lek." Call a rising whistled "tu-wee."

Conservation Status

Most of breeding range in Canada is remote and secure. On the wintering grounds it is vulnerable to forest destruction. Shade-grown coffee plantations have higher densities of Yellow-bellied Flycatchers than sun-grown coffee plantations.

Other Names

Moucherolle à ventre jaune (French)
Mosquito oliva, Mosquerito de vientre amarillo, Mosquareta barriga-amarilla, Mosquerito vientriamarillo, Mosquero vientre amarillo, Tontín oliva (Spanish)

Cool Facts

• The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher winters in semi-open habitats of Central America, including coffee plantations. Shade-grown coffee plantations have higher densities of Yellow-bellied Flycatchers than sun-grown coffee plantations.

Sources used to construct this page:

Gross, D. A., and P. E. Lowther. 2001. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris). In The Birds of North America, No. 566. (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.