The Brown-crested Flycatcher [ Pictures for Easy Identification]

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Introduction

What the Brown-crested Flycatcher Looks Like

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has overall_color color of brown and greyish and rufous and yellow.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has above_color color of brown and greyish and rufous.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has head color of brown.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has face color of greyish.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has below_color color of greyish and yellow.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has undertail color of rufous.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has back color of brown.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has bill color of blackish.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has wing color of rufous and brown.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has belly color of yellow.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has tail color of rufous and brown.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has chest color of greyish.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has leg color of blackish.

The Brown-crested Flycatcher has neck color of greyish.

Weight, Length, and Wingspan of the Brown-crested Flycatcher

The length of the Brown-crested Flycatcher is 8.7 inches (22.1 cm).

The weight of the Brown-crested Flycatcher is 1.6 inches (4.1 cm).

The wingspan of the Brown-crested Flycatcher is 13.0 inches (33.0 cm).

Pictures of the Brown-crested Flycatcher

Feeding Behavior of the Brown-crested Flycatcher

primarily forages by taking off from a perch, flying out, and hovering while grabbing insects from vegetation.

catches several insects from branches or in midair as well.

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What the Brown-crested Flycatcher Likes to Eat

The Brown-crested Flycatcher feeds on the following:

  • insects (cicadas, grasshoppers, and beetles, dragonflies, praying mantises)
  • small lizards, hummingbirds
  • fruit
  • berries
  • fruit of saguaro cactus

Where To Find the Brown-crested Flycatcher

You can find the Brown-crested Flycatcher in the following habitats:

  • Sycamore canyons
  • saguaros
  • river groves
  • dry woodlands
  • groves of taller trees along streams and rivers
  • tall sycamores or cottonwoods along streams
  • in lowlands
  • in canyons
  • open desert