Alder flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
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Length: 4.75? inches
Small flycatcher
Triangular head
White eye ring
Lower mandible orange
Brownish-olive upperparts
Breast has olive wash ...
Alder Flycatcher
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Basic Description: ...
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorum
The Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) breeds across parts of the northeastern United States and much of Canada and winters outside the United States in western South America.
Alder Flycatcher Behaviour
No observations regarding Alder Flycatcher behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Alder Flycatchers ...
Alder Flycatchers migrate long distances, late in the spring season, and early in the fall. They appear to migrate through Central America, rather than over the Gulf of Mexico, and favor the eastern quarter of the United States.
Alder Flycatcher
(Empidonax alnorum)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorum Brewster
Status Fairly common in summer. Breeds. Spring migrants are generally silent, but birds identified as this species usually appear in the second half of May (average 20 May, earliest 4 May).
Alder Flycatcher Photos
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Alder Flycatcher 1 ...
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
Eastern Wood Pewee (Contopus virens)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myriarchus crinitus) ...
Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum. Occasional to rare in spring and fall in Tennessee Valley and Mountain regions. Occasional in fall in Gulf Coast regions. Found in shrubby thickets, primarily of alder and willow.
Alder Flycatcher - Empidonax alnorum
Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii
Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus
Hammond's Flycatcher - Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher - Empidonax oberholseri
Pacific-slope Flycatcher - Empidonax difficilis ...
The Alder Flycatcher (E. alnorum) and the Willow Flycatcher (E. traillii) were considered to be one species, the Traill's Flycatcher, until just 1973. The two, however, have distinct voices and nest types. The Acadian Flycatcher (E.
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
Eastern Wood-pewee (Contopus virens)
Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) ...
Interspecifically territorial with Alder Flycatcher in BC and in ne U.S. Rare polygyny documented. Female broods young for 7-8 days. Formerly known as Traill's Flycatcher, which included Alder Flycatcher.
Last updated 4/13/96 Four of this difficult group of birds are common migrants on the UTC - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, and Least Flycatcher.
 See also: Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher
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