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A common flycatcher of mature deciduous forests. | A common flycatcher of mature deciduous forests. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | Often solitary or in pairs while foraging for insects or fruit in the upper level of the trees. | + | 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!'' | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Myiarchus+crinitus}} | {{GSearch|Myiarchus+crinitus}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 20:37, 28 December 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!
