Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Yellow-bellied flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
(Empidonax flaviventris) ...

YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER.
[Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.]
MUSCICAPA FLAVIVENTRIS, Baird.
[Epidonax flaviventris.] ...

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidona falviventris)
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) ...

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Spring Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no
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Spring Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...

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.

Remarks Unlike its close relative, the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, this bird frequents alder, blackberry, wild rose and other types of low-growing shrubbery that occur in drier places.

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.

The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (E. flaviventris) has the most colorful belly of the eastern group, but don't be mislead; an empid with a yellow belly is not necessarily a yellow-belly. See how baffling this can be?

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, Yellow-bellied, Acadian Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Pewee