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Photo by Leslie
Location: Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge, TX

Myiarchus tyrannulus

[edit] Identification

19cm. Brown-olive upperparts, yellow underparts, pale grey throat and breast, short dark crest, pale wing bars, brown tail, large, dark bill. Sexes similar.

[edit] Distribution

Southwestern United States in southeastern corner of California, most of Arizona and southern Texas; also rare in Nevada and Utah south to northern Argentina, Brazil and the Guianas. Casual to rare vagrant in Louisiana and Florida.

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of seven subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Woodland.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects and fruit.

It builds its nest in a tree cavity; 2-3 purple-marked cream eggs are laid.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links