Acadian Flycatcher Photo Gallery
One of the largest members of the Empidonax group. The forehead is rather flat, sloping gently up giving the head a peaked look. Olive above with 2 pale wingbars and a narrow eyering.
© Dan Jones / Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 10, 2018Relatively large flycatcher with long wings. Olive above and yellowish below, with 2 pale wingbars, and a thin white eyering.
© Brendan Klick / Macaulay LibraryMichigan, June 21, 2020Song is an explosive, two-parted "ker-chip!" or "peet-sah!"
© Benjamin Clock / Macaulay LibraryNew Jersey, May 14, 2012Not all videos have soundOlive and yellowish flycatcher with a long and broad bill, especially noticeable from below. Some individuals appear more yellow below than others.
© Brian Sullivan / Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 16, 2011Common flycatcher of deciduous forests often near water.
© Edward Plumer / Macaulay LibraryTexas, April 15, 2016Compare with Similar Species
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