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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

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.

Come watch nesting birds at Nestcams.org

Calls

  • Calls, song
  • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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

Read Cornell Lab of Ornithology's blog, Round Robin
Search the Macaulay Library online archive for more sounds and videos