Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Yellowish Flycatcher

Empidonax flavescens

The Yellowish Flycatcher (Empidonax flavescens) is a 12 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

12 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

7

Recorded in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador.

Where to see it: Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre (Costa Rica); RNP Chajbaoc (Guatemala); Finca Rubel Chaim (acceso restringido) (Guatemala); PN Los Volcanes · Sector Cerro Verde (El Salvador); Reserva El Jaguar (Nicaragua).

Photo: (c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist