Bird name:

Hammond's Flycatcher

Empidonax hammondii

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Code 4

HAFL

Code 6

EMPHAM

ITIS

554254

Breeding Location:

Forests, coniferous

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Widespread

Egg Color:

Creamy white, sometimes with brown spots

Number of Eggs:

3 - 4

Incubation Days:

12 - 16

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Weed stems, grass, bark strips, and lichens lined with finer materials.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Hammond's Flycatcher: Small flycatcher with gray upperparts gray-brown underparts and white eye-ring. Throat is pale gray and belly is pale yellow. Wings are dark with two pale bars. Sexes are similar. Juvenile is browner with olive-brown wing-bars.

Range and Habitat

Hammond's Flycatcher: Breeds from eastern Alaska south to northern California and northern New Mexico. Spends winters in the tropics and rarely in Arizona. Preferred habitats include mature conifer forests at high altitudes.

Breeding and Nesting

Hammond's Flycatcher: Three or four creamy white eggs, occasionally with brown spots, are laid in a well-built cup nest saddled on a branch 15 to 60 feet above the ground, usually in a conifer. Incubation ranges from 12 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Hammond's Flycatcher: Eats mostly insects; forages at mid-level in conifers and aspens.

Readily Eats

Meal Worms

Vocalization

Hammond's Flycatcher: Song is "seweep-tsurp-seep", with the last part rising. Call is a high "peep" or soft "wit."

Similar Species

Hammond's Flycatcher: Dusky Flycatcher has a longer bill, pale gray throat, longer tail, and different voice. Least Flycatcher is slightly smaller, grayer above, whiter below, and has a different voice.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Belly

The ventral part of the bird, or the area between the flanks on each side and the crissum and breast. Flight muscles are located between the belly and the breast.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

Field Guide to Birds of North America