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Bird name:

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Empidonax flaviventris

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Code 4

YBFL

Code 6

EMPFLN

ITIS

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Breeding Location:

Forests, coniferous, Swamps, Marshes, freshwater



Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester



Breeding Population:



Egg Color:

White with light brown spots at large end



Number of Eggs:



Incubation Days:



Egg Incubator:

Both sexes



Nest Material:

Twigs, rootlets, weeds, and moss., Lined with thin rootlets, grass, and fresh leaves.



Migration:

Migratory



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General

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Spring Male: Small flycatcher with olive-green upperparts, yellow underparts, and olive-green wash on breast. Spectacles are pale yellow. Wings are dark with two white bars. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher: Breeds from central Canada and Newfoundland south to Great Lakes region, northern New York, northern New England, and Maritime Provinces. Spends winters from Mexico to Panama.

Breeding and Nesting

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher: Three to five white eggs with brown spots at large end are laid in a nest made of twigs, rootlets, weeds, and moss, and lined with thin rootlets, grass, and fresh leaves. Nest is usually built two feet or less above the ground, atop a hillock of moss or upturned stumps among roots of fallen trees.

Foraging and Feeding

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher: Feeds on a variety of insects, including, beetles, moths, tent caterpillars, flies, ants, and some spiders.

Readily Eats

Meal Worms

Vocalization

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher: Emits a slurring and explosive "pse-k"; also makes a short "per-WEE" song and a shrill "chiu."

Similar Species

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher: Acadian Flycatcher has pale gray throat, buff to white wing-bars, larger bill, and yellow wash on belly and undertail coverts.

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UnderpartsX
Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
BreastX
The upper front part of a bird.
Parts of a Standing bird X
Head Feathers and Markings X
Parts of a Flying bird X