About the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
The yellow-bellied flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.
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Adults have greenish upperparts and yellowish underparts (especially on the throat), with a dusky wash on the chest. They have a white or yellow eye ring that lacks the teardrop projection of the western flycatcher, white or yellowish wing bars that contrast strongly against the black wings, a broad, flat bill, and a relatively short tail when compared to other members of the genus. The upper mandible of the bill is dark, while the lower mandible is orange-pink.
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What the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia, United Kingdom.
When to see it
Peak activity in May · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondiiAdults are 12–14 cm long (4.7–5.5 in), span about 22 cm (8.7 in) across the wing and weigh 8–12 g (0.3–04 oz).
American Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseriAdults have olive-gray upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a noticeable medium-width white eye ring, white wing bars and a medium length tail.
American Grey FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightiiAmerican gray flycatchers are small birds, but larger than most Empidonax flycatchers.
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