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Dusky Flycatcher

Empidonax oberholseri ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: TYRANNIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Dusky Flycatcher Photo

© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A dull flycatcher of western mountains, the Dusky Flycatcher is found in chaparral, streamside thickets, and open brushy areas. It is extremely difficult to tell from Hammond's Flycatcher by appearance alone.

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Calls

  • Song, call
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller, Curtis A. Marantz
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Song has 3 basic elements: a vaguely 2-syllabled "prll-it" rising in frequency, a rough, low-pitched "prrdrrt," and a clear, high-pitched"pseet." Call note a soft "whit."

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