Gray Flycatcher Photo Gallery
Slim pale flycatcher. Drab gray overall with a thin eyering, a pale mark in front of the eye, and pale wingbars. The bill is long and thin.
© Darren Clark | Macaulay LibraryIdaho, July 27, 2019Small gray flycatcher with a thin bill, a thin white eyering, and paler gray wingbars.
© Jack Parlapiano | Macaulay LibraryNew Mexico, August 23, 2020Characteristically twitches its tail up and down while perched.
© Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryArizona, February 01, 1997Not all videos have sound© Marky Mutchler | Macaulay LibraryLouisiana, January 26, 2019
© Marky Mutchler | Macaulay LibraryLouisiana, January 26, 2019
Generally grayer than other Empidonax flycatchers, but best recognized by habit of twitching its tail downward while perched.
© Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryArizona, February 01, 1997Not all videos have soundBreeds in dry woodlands and shrublands in western North America, including sagebrush and pinyon pine woodlands.
© Darren Clark | Macaulay LibraryIdaho, May 04, 2019Compare with Similar Species
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