Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
The Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer) is a common tyrant flycatcher found in 20 countries, weighing about 18 g. The dusky-capped flycatcher is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.
About the Dusky-capped Flycatcher
The dusky-capped flycatcher is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in the United States, Mexico, every Central American country, Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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How to identify it
The 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). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. t. tuberculifer have a sooty brown crown and face; the crown feathers form a slight crest. Their upperparts are mostly dark greenish olive-brown with browner uppertail coverts. Their wings are mostly dusky with thin dull white edges on the secondaries and thin buffy-white edges on the inner primaries. Their greater and median wing coverts have buffy brown edges. Their tail is dark grayish brown. Voice: The dusky-capped flycatcher's vocalizations vary across its range. In Mexico its dawn song "consists of a long series of "sentences" made up of 2 or 3 elements". In much of Central America it is "a short, sharply whistled whit, a long drawn, plaintive, whistled wheeeu, and an emphatic whistle cut short". In much of South America it is "plaintive whistles alternated with huit notes".
What the Dusky-capped Flycatcher sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
The Dusky-capped Flycatcher can be seen all year round, with peak activity in May. It is a resident species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Dusky-capped Flycatcher?
- The 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). Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Dusky-capped Flycatcher?
- The Dusky-capped Flycatcher is a small sized bird weighing about 18 g.
- Where can you see a Dusky-capped Flycatcher?
- The Dusky-capped Flycatcher occurs in 20 countries, including Costa Rica, the United States, Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.
- What does a Dusky-capped Flycatcher sound like?
- You can listen to 3 field recordings of the Dusky-capped Flycatcher on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.
- What birds look similar to a Dusky-capped Flycatcher?
- The Dusky-capped Flycatcher is most easily confused with the Brown-crested Flycatcher, the Ash-throated Flycatcher and the Short-crested Flycatcher.
- Is the Dusky-capped Flycatcher endangered?
- The Dusky-capped Flycatcher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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