Dusky Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Empidonax oberholseri
bird
35
Detections
Aug 11, 2026
First heard
Sep 15, 2026
Last heard
67%
Avg. confidence

Photographs

what it really looks like
Dusky Flycatcher
Dave Drum
Dusky Flycatcher
Tom Benson
Dusky Flycatcher
kirk gardner
Dusky Flycatcher
Terry Sohl
Dusky Flycatcher
Kalvin Chan
Dusky Flycatcher
Tom Benson

Photographs from iNaturalist · photographer credits

About from Wikipedia

Description

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 American grey flycatcher and a bit larger than the Hammond's flycatcher.

Range & habitat

These birds migrate to southern Arizona and Mexico. As non-breeding residents in the south of their migration range, they are passage migrants over the deserts of the south-western United States, the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts, where they make their stops along the flyway.

Behaviour

They often wait on an open perch and fly out to catch insects in flight (hawking), and will also pluck insects from foliage while hovering (gleaning).

Adapted from American dusky flycatcher on Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Learn more Dusky Flycatcher at All About Birds — ID, sounds & behavior Cornell Lab ↗

By month

how often, month over month
31
Aug '26
4
Sep '26

By time of day

local time · when it's most vocal
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