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Common Name

Ash Throated Flycatcher

Alternate Names

Common Type

Flycatcher

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Tyrannidae

Genus

Myiarchus

Species

cinerascens

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Desert scrub, riparian forest, brushy pastures and open woodland

Distribution and Range

Breeds from western United States to central Mexico. It is a short-distance migrant to southern Mexico down to Honduras.

Food

Primarily an insectivore that flies from a perch to catch prey on the ground or from undergrowth foliage or branches and trunks, hardly ever in midair.

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Field Notes:

Unlike most flycatchers it usually moves to another perch rather than returning to the same one. Will nest in boxes put out for bluebird nests.

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