Vermilion Flycatcher

Vermilion Flycatcher
A Vermilion Flycatcher finds a perch on a twig. Here is a classic example of what you can do when you understand the habits of a bird species.

Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Brazil
The male Vermilion Flycatcher is a stunning bird with its head and underparts a brilliant scarlet apart from a thick dark line through the eye.

Vermilion flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
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Length: 5 inches
Frequents streams and ponds in arid areas
Often wags its tail ...

Vermilion Flycatcher
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Vermilion Flycatcher
Female
Similar Species
Say's Phoebe has reddish wash on flanks and tail, but lacks the whitish, streaked chest of female Vermilion Flycatcher.

Vermilion Flycatcher
Pyrocephalus rubinus
The Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) occurs across part of the southwestern United States and much of Mexico.

Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans) ...

3. Vermilion Flycatcher
4. Yellow-billed Magpie, one of two California endemics
5. Steller's Jay, named for early Arctic explorer ...

Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus. Rare in winter, spring, and fall in Gulf Coast region. In Mountain and Inland Coastal Plain regions, occasional in winter, spring, and fall.

Vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Golden-plumed parakeet (Leptosittaca branickii)
Arabian babbler (Turdoides squamiceps)
Mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa platydactyla)
Common wallaroo (Macropus robustus) ...

Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) in Goldsboro, NC, seen 11/20-12/2/00.
Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) in Concord, NC, which came to a feeder 11/12-12/6/00.
Durham Mystery Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis).

Their crown feathers are more or less erectile; in the royal flycatcher of Mexico and Brazil, Pyrocephalus rubineus Mexicanus, also called vermilion flycatcher, they are developed into a flaming crest. Many flycatchers are found near water, e.g.

One of the first birds I saw here was a familiar Vermilion Flycatcher.

There's a good case to be made that Vermilion Flycatcher is also a "phoebe," even though it's not a Sayornis.
I haven't heard that before, Rick, but can absolutely see why. Vermilion Phoebe isn't quite as catchy though!
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When the birders aren't admiring the hummingbirds at Portal Peak Lodge, they are in Cave Creek Canyon looking for trogons and thick-billed parrots and vermilion flycatchers.

White-winged Crossbill
Vermilion Flycatcher
Summer Tanager
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Scarlet Tanager
Ruby-throat Hummingbird ...

a big, bold, and beautiful Sparkling Violet-ear, the most common of the two species that stayed there year-round. A tiny Western Emerald zipped in to filch sugar water from the feeder guarded by one of the big guys. A pair of Vermilion Flycatchers ...

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) ...

See also: Flycatcher, Phoebe, Towhee, Oriole, Robin