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Cordilleran Flycatcher Identification
Cordilleran Flycatcher Photos and Videos
Small flycatcher with a peaked crown and a teardrop-shaped eyering. Olive above and yellowish below, with 2 wingbars.
© Adam Dudley | Macaulay LibraryNevada, June 01, 2017
Small flycatcher with a peaked crown and a teardrop-shaped eyering. Olive above with 2 whitish wingbars.
© Adam Dudley | Macaulay LibraryNevada, June 01, 2017
© Larry Arbanas | Macaulay LibrarySonora, May 18, 2006
Teardrop-shaped eyering is distinctive for this and a few other species. Cordilleran Flycatchers are almost identical to Pacific-slope Flycatchers, but separated by range.
© Nigel Voaden | Macaulay LibrarySinaloa, April 15, 2015
Breeds in dry evergreen and mixed forests in interior western North America, mainly along the Rocky Mountains.
© Noreen Baker | Macaulay LibraryColorado, July 01, 2016
© Larry Arbanas | Macaulay LibrarySonora, May 19, 2006
© Larry Arbanas | Macaulay LibrarySonora, May 19, 2006
© Larry Arbanas | Macaulay LibrarySonora, May 19, 2006
Adult Description
- Small flycatcher.
- Prominent pale yellowish eyering and wingbars.
- Back greenish brown.
- Underparts yellowish.
Immature Description
Similar to adult, but wingbars more buffy.Relative Size
sparrow-sized or smallerMeasurements
- Both Sexes
- Length: 5.5-6.7 in (14-17 cm)
- Weight: 0.4-0.5 oz (11-13 g)
- Wingspan: 8.7 in (22 cm)
Species in This Family
Tyrant Flycatchers(Order: Passeriformes, Family:Tyrannidae)
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