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Great Crested Flycatcher
| Color: |
Brown, Yellow |
| Size: |
8.75" |
| Season: |
Summer |
| Description: |
A gray throat and breast contrasts with the yellow belly and undertail. The wings and tail have extensive rufous. Distinctive among Arkansas' flycatchers. |
| Voice: |
Slowly repeated outbursts like wee, wee-up, or we-urrr interspersed with trills prrreeeet.
Click here to listen |
| Habitat: |
Open woodlands, wooded swamps, wooded pastures, orchards, parks, and urban areas with many large trees. |
| Interesting Fact: |
The only cavity-nesting flycatcher in Arkansas. This species prefers natural tree cavities but will use cavities excavated by woodpeckers or nest boxes. |
| Scientific name: |
Myiarchus crinitus |
| Order: |
Passeriformes |
| Family: |
Tyrannidae |
Adult Robert Herron |
Adult Howard Eskin |
Nesting in a Purple Martin house Dale Provost |
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