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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Large and somewhat secretive with rufous wings and tail, a gray breast, and a yellow belly. Often erects a bushy crest. | Large and somewhat secretive with rufous wings and tail, a gray breast, and a yellow belly. Often erects a bushy crest. | ||
Revision as of 18:00, 11 November 2007
- Myiarchus crinitus
Identification
Large and somewhat secretive with rufous wings and tail, a gray breast, and a yellow belly. Often erects a bushy crest.
Distribution
This monotypic flycatcher is found breeding from south-central to south-eastern Canada to south-east USA and west to Texas; it winters to northern South America.
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia -> Phylum: Chordata -> Class: Aves -> Order: Passeriformes -> Family: Tyrannidae -> Genus: Myiarchus -> Species: M. crinitus
Habitat
A common flycatcher of mature deciduous forests.
Behaviour
Often solitary or in pairs while foraging for insects or fruit in the upper level of the trees.
Voice: Call is a loud whistled wheeep! or a rolling prrrrreet!
