Alder Flycatcher
The Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) is 5.75 inches in length. It is identified by its brownish olive head, brownish olive upperparts, white eye ring, 2 white wing bars, darker wings and tail, and a blackish bill with a pinkish lower mandible. It also has a whitish throat, a dusky wash on the chest, a whithish belly, dark legs and feet, and a pale yellow wash on sides and flanks. It is similar in appearance to the Willow Flycatcher and the Acadian Flycatcher.
The song of the Alder Flycatcher is a raspy, fee-bee-o. It is typically found in thick vegetation and is often difficult to see. It perches in shrubs to spot its prey and then catches it in flight. It eats a variety of flying insects, but will take some insects, such as spiders and millipedes, from the vegetation. It also eats some types of small berries.
The Alder Flycatcher is considered common and stable. It is found in alder swamps and wet-meadow thickets.
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The song of the Alder Flycatcher is a raspy, fee-bee-o. It is typically found in thick vegetation and is often difficult to see. It perches in shrubs to spot its prey and then catches it in flight. It eats a variety of flying insects, but will take some insects, such as spiders and millipedes, from the vegetation. It also eats some types of small berries.
The Alder Flycatcher is considered common and stable. It is found in alder swamps and wet-meadow thickets.
Click here for a range map and additional information from Cornell University.
Click on the player below for vocalizations.