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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Photo taken: Costa Rica | Photo taken: Costa Rica | ||
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| + | Adult birds are 18-19 cm long and weigh 21-23g. The upperparts are olive brown, with a darker head and short crest. The breast is grey and the belly is a softly coloured yellow. The brown tail feathers and wings have rufous outer webs and there are two dull wing bars. The sexes are similar. | ||
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| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Western Mexico to North West Costa Rica. It is normally a year round resident, but it has been known as an occasional vagrant in southern California and southern Arizona. | ||
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| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Semi arid desert scrub and tropical deciduous forest | ||
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| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The nest is built in a tree cavity or similar hole and the normal clutch is 3-5 eggs. It is primarily an insectivore which catches its prey by flycatching amongst the undergrowth, but it will also take berries. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?si=+Myiarchus+nuttingi&x=11&y=10&perpage=12&sort=1&cat=all&ppuser=&friendemail=email%40yourfriend.com&password= View more images of Nutting's Flycatcher in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?si=+Myiarchus+nuttingi&x=11&y=10&perpage=12&sort=1&cat=all&ppuser=&friendemail=email%40yourfriend.com&password= View more images of Nutting's Flycatcher in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 17:33, 27 June 2007
- Myiarchus nuttingi
Identification
Photo taken: Costa Rica
Adult birds are 18-19 cm long and weigh 21-23g. The upperparts are olive brown, with a darker head and short crest. The breast is grey and the belly is a softly coloured yellow. The brown tail feathers and wings have rufous outer webs and there are two dull wing bars. The sexes are similar.
Distribution
Western Mexico to North West Costa Rica. It is normally a year round resident, but it has been known as an occasional vagrant in southern California and southern Arizona.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Semi arid desert scrub and tropical deciduous forest
Behaviour
The nest is built in a tree cavity or similar hole and the normal clutch is 3-5 eggs. It is primarily an insectivore which catches its prey by flycatching amongst the undergrowth, but it will also take berries.
