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American dusky flycatcher

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Adults have olive-gray upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a noticeable medium-width white eye ring, white wing bars and a medium length tail. The breast is washed with olive-gray. The bill is mainly dark. It is a bit smaller than the
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Their breeding habitat is mountain slopes and foothills with brush and scattered trees (especially ponderosa pine) across western
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flycatchers. A less common call, that is possibly only given by the male, is a sad
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They often wait on an open perch and fly out to catch insects in flight (
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The scientific name commemorates the American ornithologist
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over the deserts of the south-western United States, the
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The male sings a three-part song. A common call is a dry
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The dusky flycatcher is one of many species in the genus
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As non-breeding 256:, similar to that of other 787: 240:and a bit larger than the 24:American dusky flycatcher 197:American dusky flycatcher 175: 168: 70:Scientific classification 68: 46: 37: 28: 23: 383:: e.T22699864A93752625. 238:American grey flycatcher 766:Birds described in 1939 274:Harry Church Oberholser 723:Empidonax-oberholseri 483:Empidonax oberholseri 453:Empidonax oberholseri 416:Empidonax oberholseri 369:Empidonax oberholseri 202:Empidonax oberholseri 179:Empidonax oberholseri 242:Hammond's flycatcher 161:E. oberholseri 40:Conservation status 310:Chihuahuan Deserts 733: 732: 705:Open Tree of Life 445:Taxon identifiers 218:tyrant flycatcher 193: 192: 63: 778: 726: 725: 713: 712: 700: 699: 687: 686: 674: 673: 661: 660: 648: 647: 635: 634: 622: 621: 609: 608: 596: 595: 593:dusky-flycatcher 586: 585: 573: 572: 560: 559: 547: 546: 534: 533: 524: 523: 511: 510: 498: 497: 487: 486: 485: 472: 471: 470: 440: 402: 401: 399: 397: 392: 362: 298:passage migrants 207:dusky flycatcher 181: 78: 77: 57: 52: 51: 33: 21: 786: 785: 781: 780: 779: 777: 776: 775: 736: 735: 734: 729: 721: 716: 708: 703: 695: 692:Observation.org 690: 682: 677: 669: 664: 656: 651: 643: 638: 630: 625: 617: 612: 604: 599: 591: 589: 581: 576: 568: 563: 555: 550: 542: 537: 529: 527: 519: 514: 506: 501: 495: 490: 481: 480: 475: 466: 465: 460: 447: 436: 411: 406: 405: 395: 393: 364: 363: 359: 354: 338: 322: 282: 270: 250: 233: 189: 183: 177: 164: 72: 64: 53: 49: 42: 17: 16:Species of bird 12: 11: 5: 784: 782: 774: 773: 768: 763: 758: 753: 748: 738: 737: 731: 730: 728: 727: 714: 701: 688: 675: 662: 649: 636: 623: 610: 597: 587: 574: 561: 548: 535: 525: 512: 499: 488: 473: 457: 455: 449: 448: 443: 434: 433: 424: 419: 410: 409:External links 407: 404: 403: 356: 355: 353: 350: 337: 334: 328:. 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Retrieved 380: 374: 368: 360: 339: 323: 288:to southern 284:These birds 283: 280:Distribution 271: 261: 257: 253: 251: 234: 224: 222: 206: 201: 200: 196: 194: 186:Phillips, AR 178: 176: 160: 159: 147: 18: 679:Neotropical 653:NatureServe 601:iNaturalist 477:Wikispecies 396:18 November 231:Description 740:Categories 718:Xeno-canto 431:(close-up) 352:References 137:Tyrannidae 751:Empidonax 294:residents 258:Empidonax 225:Empidonax 214:passerine 155:Species: 148:Empidonax 93:Kingdom: 87:Eukaryota 658:2.100651 645:22699864 619:10857512 508:22699864 503:BirdLife 468:Q1265955 462:Wikidata 422:Pictures 346:gleaning 336:Behavior 330:cup nest 268:Taxonomy 220:family. 133:Family: 107:Chordata 103:Phylum: 97:Animalia 83:Domain: 60:IUCN 3.1 583:2482803 342:hawking 320:Habitat 306:Sonoran 290:Arizona 286:migrate 262:dew-hic 216:of the 143:Genus: 123:Order: 113:Class: 58: ( 710:119887 684:dusfly 671:142470 632:178346 590:GNAB: 565:EURING 557:dusfly 531:dusfly 496:dusfly 429:VIREO 314:flyway 308:, and 302:Mojave 188:, 1939 697:73969 614:IRMNG 606:16621 552:eBird 544:39HWL 528:BOW: 666:NCBI 640:IUCN 627:ITIS 578:GBIF 570:9170 521:9857 516:BOLD 398:2021 381:2016 254:whit 195:The 117:Aves 539:CoL 492:ABA 385:doi 348:). 742:: 720:: 707:: 694:: 681:: 668:: 655:: 642:: 629:: 616:: 603:: 580:: 567:: 554:: 541:: 518:: 505:: 494:: 479:: 464:: 379:. 373:. 316:. 304:, 276:. 264:. 244:. 400:. 387:: 371:" 367:" 199:( 62:)

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Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Tyrannidae
Empidonax
Binomial name
Phillips, AR
insectivorous
passerine
tyrant flycatcher
American grey flycatcher
Hammond's flycatcher
Harry Church Oberholser
migrate
Arizona
residents
passage migrants
Mojave
Sonoran
Chihuahuan Deserts
flyway
North America

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