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Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus ORDER: PASSERIFORMES FAMILY: TYRANNIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Great Crested Flycatcher Photo

© Marie Read

A treetop hunter of deciduous forests and suburban areas, the Great Crested Flycatcher is easier to hear than to see. The only eastern flycatcher that nests in cavities, it often includes snakeskin in the nest lining.

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Calls

  • Calls, song
    Recorded by Arthur A. Allen, Peter Paul Kellogg
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a strong rising "wee-eep." Also a noisy grating call.

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