Willow Flycatcher Photos
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Willow Flycatcher 1 ...
Willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii
Identification Tips:
Length: 4.75? inches
Small flycatcher
Triangular head
Indistinct eye ring
Lower mandible orange
Brownish-olive upperparts
Breast has olive wash ...
The Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) breeds across much of the northern half of the United States and parts of southern Canada. The first 5 shots on this page show a territorial, singing bird at Red Rocks Lake N.W.R., Beaverhead Co.
Willow Flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed ...
In addition to wingbars the Willow Flycatcher has a relatively flat forehead and a distinct peak on the rear crown. It also has a broad, straight-sided tail.
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii (Audubon)
Status One record. On 22 June 1980, Ian McLaren found a singing male of this species at Indian Point, Lunenburg County, which was subsequently seen and heard by many others.
Willow Flycatcher
Adult
Smaller and more compact than Eastern Phoebe
Peak at rear of crown
White throat contrasts with brownish olive face and back
White wing-bars
© Kelly Colgan Azar, Pennsylvania, June 2011 ...
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax trailii)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidona falviventris)
Larks ...
Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii. Possible breeder. Occasional to rare in spring and fall in all regions, and occasional in summer in Mountain region. Found in shrubby thickets, primarily of alder and willow.
Willow Flycatcher
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Gadwall
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Willow Flycatcher
Tyrant flycatchers are passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust with stronger bills.
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii extimus
Endangered
Endangered ...
(Seiurus aurocappilus), common yellowthroat (Geothylpis trichas), American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea), yellow-breasted chat, red-winged blackbird, Kentucky warbler (Oporomis formosis), willow flycatcher ...
Adults share similar light eye ring and two whitish wing bars with four other eastern Empidonax flycatchers: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, and Alder Flycatcher.
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.
TRAILL'S FLYCATCHER.
[Willow Flycatcher.]
MUSCICAPA TRAILLII.
[Empidonax traillii.] ...
Eastern Wood-Pewee (SR)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (T)
Acadian Flycatcher (SR)
Alder Flycatcher (T)
Willow Flycatcher (SR)
Least Flycatcher (T)
Eastern Phoebe (SR)
Great-crested Flycatcher (SR)
Eastern Kingbird (SR) ...
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.
In such areas giant reed was also used for nesting, as noted by at least 17 nests of least Bell's vireo, one nest of southwestern willow flycatcher, and several other species such as Anna's hummingbird, bushtit, and common yellowthroat.
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, Alder Flycatcher, Sparrow, Least Flycatcher, Hummingbird
  
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