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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Variegated Flycatcher
Empidonomus varius
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Code 4
VAFL
Code 6
EMPVAR
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
All-purpose
Eye Color:
Dark brown.
Head pattern:
Eyeline, Crested or plumed, Malar or malar stripe
Crown Color:
Dark Brown
Forehead Color:
Dark Brown
Nape Color:
Dark Brown
Throat Color:
Pale Yellow
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
18 cm (7.25 in)
Weight:
28 g (1 oz)
Size:
Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary:
Brown, Yellow
Underparts:
Pale yellow with brown streaking.
Upperparts:
Dark brown with black streaking.
Back Pattern:
Striped or streaked
Belly Pattern:
Striped or streaked
Breast Pattern:
Striped or streaked
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Weak fluttering direct flight on shallow wing beats., Sallies from perch to hawk insects and returns to the same or nearby perch.
Wingspan Range:
29 cm (11.5 in)
Wing Shape:
Pointed-Wings
Tail shape:
Notched Tail
Tail Pattern:
Solid with edging
Upper Tail:
Dark brown with red-brown edges.
Under Tail:
Dark brown with red-brown edges.
Leg Color:
Black
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Parts of a Standing bird
X
Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
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