Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) | Photos, Calls and ID

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What the Ash-throated Flycatcher sounds like

Sonogram of the Ash-throated Flycatcher: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by steve · Call · El Refugio, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Robert Benson · Call · Kickapo Caverns State Park, Texas, United States · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The ash-throated flycatcher is a medium-sized tyrant flycatcher, measuring 7.5 to 8.6 in (19 to 22 cm) in length with a wingspan of 11.8 to 12.6 in (30 to 32 cm) and a mass of 0.7 to 1.3 oz (20 to 37 g). Overall, it is slim and long-tailed, with a slightly peaked crest on its relatively large head. The upperparts are olive brown, with a darker head and short crest. The breast is gray and the belly is a very pale yellow. The brown tail feathers and wings have rufous outer webs, and there are two dull wing bars. The sexes are similar. Voice: The ash-throated flycatcher is separated from other confusingly similar Myiarchus species by its calls, a burry kabrick and a rough prrt or wheer heard year-round.

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When to see the Ash-throated Flycatcher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ash-throated Flycatcher

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 8 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

United States Mexico Canada Guatemala Honduras Bermuda El Salvador Nicaragua

Recorded as a rare visitor in St. Pierre & Miquelon.

About the Ash-throated Flycatcher

The ash-throated flycatcher is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.

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Easily confused with

Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculiferThe dusky-capped flycatcher is 16 to 18.5 cm (6.3 to 7.3 in) long and weighs 14 to 27 g (0.49 to 0.95 oz).

Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulusThe brown-crested flycatcher is 18 to 23 cm (7.1 to 9.1 in) long, with a general trend of larger to smaller from north to south.

Short-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus feroxThe short-crested flycatcher is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs 21 to 34 g (0.74 to 1.2 oz).

Side by side: Ash-throated Flycatcher vs Great Crested Flycatcher · Ash-throated Flycatcher vs Dusky-capped Flycatcher · Ash-throated Flycatcher vs Brown-crested Flycatcher · Ash-throated Flycatcher vs Short-crested Flycatcher

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