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ShrublandCup nestTiny · 13 g
What the Willow Flycatcher sounds like
ID tip
Adults have brown-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have an indistinct white eye ring, white wing bars and a small bill. The breast is washed with olive-gray. The upper part of the bill is gray; the lower part is orangish.
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When to see the Willow Flycatcher
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Willow Flycatcher
The map shades 16 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.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Puerto Rico.
About the Willow Flycatcher
The willow flycatcher is a small insect-eating, migrant bird of the tyrant flycatcher family native to North America.
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Easily confused with
Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilisAdults have olive-gray upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with yellowish underparts; they have a conspicuous teardrop-shaped white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail.
Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensAdults have olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars and a wide bill.
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumE. alnorum is one of the larger Empidonax species, attaining a length of 13–17 cm (5.1–6.7 in), and a weight of 12–14 g (0.42–0.49 oz).
Side by side: Least Flycatcher vs Willow Flycatcher · Western Flycatcher vs Willow Flycatcher · Acadian Flycatcher vs Willow Flycatcher · Alder Flycatcher vs Willow Flycatcher
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