Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventrisOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Codes: Common Name: SBFL Scientific Name: MYILUT ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178305

Breeding Location:

Canyons

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Fairly common, but local

Egg Color:

White to buff with red brown and lavender spots

Number of Eggs:

2 - 4

Incubation Days:

15 - 16

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Cavity filled with stems, pine needles, and leaves.

Migration:

Migratory

General

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Large flycatcher with boldly streaked olive-brown upperparts and pale yellow underparts with dark brown streaks. Eyestripes are thick and black with white borders. Wings are dark and edged with white. Tail is rust-brown. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Native of Mexico and Central America, but also breeds in the Huachuca Mountains of Arizona. Preferred habitats include sycamore trees in deep canyons from 5,000 to 7,500 feet elevation.

Breeding and Nesting

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Two to four white to buff eggs with red brown and lavender spots are laid in a nest made of stems, pine needles, and leaves built in a natural cavity in a large sycamore, usually 20 to 50 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 15 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Feeds on insects caught in the air; also eats small fruits and berries. Often sits on perch high in a treetop to spot prey, and then hawks it in flight.

Readily Eats

Meal Worms

Vocalization

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Call is an excited chatter similar to the squeaking of a rubber duck. Song is a soft "tre-le-re-re."

Similar Species

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Other North American flycatchers lack streaked plumage.

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Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Large flycatcher with boldly streaked olive-brown upperparts and pale yellow underparts with dark brown streaks. Eyestripes are thick and black with white borders. The wings are dark and edged with white. Tail is rust-brown. Slow fluttering flight with shallow wing beats.

● Song: "tre-le-re-re"

● Foraging & Feeding: Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Feeds on insects caught in the air; also eats small fruits and berries. Often sits on perch high in a treetop to spot prey, and then hawks it in flight.

● Breeding & nesting: Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Two to four white to buff eggs with red brown and lavender spots are laid in a nest made of stems, pine needles, and leaves built in a natural cavity in a large sycamore, usually 20 to 50 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 15 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Other North American flycatchers lack streaked plumage.

Flight Pattern

Slow flight with shallow wing beats., Sallies from perch to catch insects in the air., Hovers, dips for prey.

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Body Illustration

● Range & Habitat: Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Native of Mexico and Central America, but also breeds in the Huachuca Mountains of Arizona. Preferred habitats include sycamore trees in deep canyons from 5,000 to 7,500 feet elevation.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationFairly common, but local

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight1.6 Ounces

Underparts

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

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

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.

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