Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventris
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
FAMILY: TYRANNIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
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The easiest eastern Empidonax to identify, the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is a bird of the boreal forests and bogs. Its yellow underparts distinguish it from the other eastern Empidonax
Appearance
Flycatchers
Adult Description
- Small flycatcher.
- Large head; rounded to almost crested.
- Eyering, throat and breast yellowish.
- Two broad yellow or white wingbars.
Immature Description
Similar to adults
Similar Species
- "Western" Flycatchers (Cordilleran and Pacific-slope) have teardrop-shaped eyering and duller wing coverts that do not contrast with wingbars. Also longer tail and shorter primaries.