Yucatan Flycatcher

Myiarchus yucatanensis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWoodlandSmall · 20 g

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The Yucatan flycatcher is 17.5 to 19 cm (6.9 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 19 to 23 g (0.67 to 0.81 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a crown whose feathers have dark brown centers and wide rufescent edges; the feathers form a crest. They have grayish lores and half ring under the eye on an otherwise darker gray face. Their upperparts are olive-green with a rufous tinge on the uppertail coverts. Their wings are mostly brown with wide rufous outer edges on the primaries and pale grayish white outer edges on the other flight feathers. Voice: The Yucatan flycatcher's dawn song is "a pleasant whistled wuueeee! or a more drawn-out wuuueeeep!". Its calls include "a more agitated wee'wee'wee'wee'wee'weeeur and a prrrrrt".

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When to see the Yucatan Flycatcher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yucatan Flycatcher

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Yucatan Flycatcher

The Yucatan flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico.

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