Bird Guide

Nutting's Flycatcher

Myiarchus nuttingi

Least ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandCavity nestSmall · 23 g

About the Nutting's Flycatcher

Nutting's flycatcher is a passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica.

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Nutting's flycatcher is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs about 21 to 24 g (0.74 to 0.85 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a drab gray-brown crown that has a slight crest. Their face is otherwise a paler gray. Their upperparts are mostly drab gray-brown with a rufescent tinge on the uppertail coverts. Their wings are browner than the upperparts with rufous outer edges on the primaries and grayish white outer edges on the secondaries and tertials. The wing's greater and median coverts have pale tips that show as two wing bars. Voice: The primary call of Nutting's flycatcher is "a low whistle that rises initially and then descends, wEEeeeuuu". Other calls include a "shorter wEEeuup...a whistled whinny...agitated nasal calls, pee'up! or wi'wi'uh!, and a scratchy rrheeaa".

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What the Nutting's Flycatcher sounds like

Recording: Oliver Komar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where the Nutting's Flycatcher lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.

When to see the Nutting's Flycatcher

Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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