Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventrisOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

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

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Dark brown.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Striped
Crown Color: Dark olive-brown
Forehead Color: Dark olive-brown
Nape Color: Dark olive-brown
Throat Color: Pale Yellow
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 20-23 cm (8-9 in)
Weight: 45 g (1.6 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: White, Brown, Yellow, Rufous or Rust
Underparts: Pale yellow with brown streaking.
Upperparts: Olive-brown with heavy brown streaking.
Back Pattern: Scaled or Scalloped, Mottled
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Slow flight with shallow wing beats., Sallies from perch to catch insects in the air., Hovers, dips for prey.
Wingspan Range: 36-38 cm (14-15 in)
Wing Shape: Tapered-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Red-brown with brown central feathers.
Under Tail: Red-brown
Leg Color: Black

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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.

● 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

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

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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