A small, gray-green bird singing from atop a nearby shrub. Adults have olive-gray upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with yellowish underparts; they have a conspicuous teardrop-shaped white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail. ... Western wood pewee. A - Z. App. The Cordilleran Flycatcher (Empidonax occidentalis) and the Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) are sibling species that are extremely difficult to distinguish in the field.Vocalizations are the only consistent means of distinguishing the two forms out of the hand, and even they are problematic. Black phoebe. Willow flycatcher. Willow flycatcher. Yellow-bellied flycatcher. Acadian flycatcher. Description. Willow flycatcher. Yellow-bellied flycatcher. Spunky and adaptable, this flycatcher has adjusted well to advancing civilization within its range. Its burry, descending whistle has a hazy sound, well suited to hot summer afternoons. Brown-crested flycatcher. Several, including Least, Yellow-bellied, Hammond’s, and Dusky, have complex, rarely-heard flight songs. Ron Knight. Favorites. Other tyrant flycatchers. Search. Ash-throated flycatcher. 0:00 / ... Western kingbird. In open country of the west, the Western Kingbird is often seen perched on roadside fences and wires, flying out to snap up insects -- or to harass ravens, hawks, or other large birds that stray too close to the kingbird's nest. The bird also sings at dawn and dusk, including late in the evening when most other songbirds are quiet. ... Western kingbird. Alder flycatcher. The species with the largest vocabulary appears to be Acadian Flycatcher, which has all of the above types of song plus another type, sometimes called the “evening song,” which is the most complex of all. The African blue flycatcher or blue-crested flycatcher (Elminia longicauda) is a species of bird in the family Stenostiridae from western and central Sub-Saharan Africa. Albatrosses (4) American sparrows, towhees and juncos (40) It breeds in most of Europe and across the Western Palearctic.It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa. Listen to Willow flycatcher on bird-sounds.net - a comprehensive collection of North American bird songs and bird calls. . call / song. This sneezy song belongs to a Willow Flycatcher. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher. Yellow-bellied flycatcher. The African blue flycatcher is a dainty, pale, bright blue flycatcher with a short crest and long tail. Western wood pewee. [Willow Flycatcher “fitz-bew”] Willow Flycatchers nest across the northern two-thirds of the U.S. and southernmost Canada. Home. Pacific-slope flycatcher (call / song) call, song. The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. Box 51063 Eugene, OR 97405 The Cordilleran Flycatcher (Empidonax occidentalis) and the Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) are sibling species that … WESTERN FLYCATCHER COMPLEX IN NORTH AMERICA Arch McCallum, Ph.D. Great crested flycatcher (song) song. Acadian flycatcher. Applied Bioacoustics P. O. Other tyrant flycatchers. Albatrosses (4) American sparrows, towhees and juncos (40) Auks, murres and puffins (9) Western wood pewee. Small and plain, but often very common, this flycatcher of western woodlands is best known by its voice. Albatrosses (4) Ash-throated flycatcher. A subspecies, known as the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher, nests in the Southwest, as far east as Texas. The Cordilleran flycatcher (Empidonax occidentalis) is a small insect-eating bird.It is a small Empidonax flycatcher, with typical length ranging from 13 to 17 cm. Alder flycatcher. Black phoebe. Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren.