General

Narcissus Flycatcher: Small flycatcher with black head, nape, back, and wings, and yellow-orange throat, upper breast, and eye stripe; rump is yellow. Wings have white wing patch on inner secondary coverts; tail is long and black. Belly and undertail coverts are white. Female has gray-brown upperparts, gray-spotted white throat, and white underparts; tail is red-brown and rump is olive-brown. Juvenile resembles male but has gray nape and wings.

Range and Habitat

Narcissus Flycatcher: These birds are native to Eastern Asia where they are a common species. In North America Narcissus Flycatcher accidentially visits western Aleutians. This bird frequents forests and wooded hillsides but can often be seen in thickets near water.

Breeding and Nesting

Narcissus Flycatcher: Four to seven white eggs with red flecks are laid in a tree cavity where nest is built by the female from leaves and plant fibers and lined with finer grasses. Incubation ranges from 12 to 13 days and is carried out by the female. Both sexes feed the young. These birds have one brood per year.

Foraging and Feeding

Narcissus Flycatcher: Feeds mostly on insects. Perches on an open exposed tree branch perch, immobile and erect, until it spots prey; then flies out to catch it in flight and returns to its perch to eat. Forages from the lower to middle branches of trees or in the tops of shrubs.

Vocalization

Narcissus Flycatcher: This bird sings a soft warbling "pee-pee-ppeyou-eeto-foyee" song with repeated three-syllable whistling notes.

Similar Species

Narcissus Flycatcher: These birds are vagrant migrants to Aleutian Islands and Alaska where no other bird is found with similar appearance.