Ash-throated Flycatcher

Myiarchus cinerascens ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: TYRANNIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

A common flycatcher of open arid areas of the West, the Ash-throated Flycatcher nests in holes in trees, fence posts, and nest boxes.

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Appearance

Flycatchers

Juvenile similar to adult, but paler, with buffy tips to wing feathers, and more rufous in tail.

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Brown-crested Flycatcher very similar, but has different calls, slightly thicker and broader bill, and rufous of tail feathers extends to tip.
Dusky-capped Flycatcher slightly smaller, colored a bit brighter, bill proportionately larger, tail with only little rufous, and call different.
Great-crested Flycatcher is larger, chest darker, belly much brighter yellow, base of lower mandible pale brown, rufous to tip of tail feathers, and has different call.