Great Crested Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Migrating in April
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiarchus
Species: M. crinitus
Binomial name
Myiarchus crinitus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) is a large insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the genus, Myiarchus, in North America and is found over most of the eastern and mid-western portions of the continent.[2] It dwells mostly in the treetops and rarely found on the ground.[3]

Description

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Adult Great Crested Flycatchers usually measure between 17–21 cm (7–8 in) in length with a wingspan of around 34 cm (13 in). This bird usually weighs between 27–40 g (0.95–1.41 ounces).[3]

The Great Crested Flycatcher does not display sexual dimorphism. Adults are brownish on the upperparts with yellow underparts; they have a long rusty brown tail and a bushy crest. Their throat and breast are grey.

Their breeding habitat is deciduous or mixed forests across eastern North America. They nest in a cavity in a tree. A snake skin is usually included in the lining of the nest; sometimes a plastic wrapper is substituted.

These birds migrate to Mexico and South America, also Florida and Cuba.

They wait on a high perch and fly out to catch insects in flight, sometimes hovering to pick food off vegetation. They also eat fruits and berries.

This bird's call is a whistled weep.

Footnotes

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2008). Myiarchus crinitus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2009-03-04.
  2. ^ Alderfer, Jonathan, Ed. (2008). National Geographic Complete Birds of North America. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic. p. 396. ISBN 0792241754 
  3. ^ a b "All About Birds: Great Crested Flycatcher". Cornell Laboratories of Ornithology. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Great_Crested_Flycatcher_dtl.html. Retrieved 2008-06-12. 

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